The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
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I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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