Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINBefore you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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 have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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