Steve Martin on boredom
Steve Martin59 quotes“You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.”
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
Steve MartinSteve Martin First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
Steve MartinSteve Martin I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
Steve MartinSteve Martin Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
Steve MartinSteve Martin 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!
Steve MartinSteve Martin Before 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.
Steve MartinSteve Martin It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
Steve MartinSteve Martin Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
Steve MartinSteve Martin Be so good they can’t ignore you.
Steve MartinSteve Martin You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
Steve MartinSteve Martin I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
Steve MartinSteve Martin How many people have never raised their hand before?
Steve MartinSteve Martin Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
Steve MartinSteve Martin When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
Steve MartinSteve Martin I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
Steve MartinSteve Martin I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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It would be positively boring if minds were in tune.
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David BowieDavid Bowie Boredom is not an illness but a symptom of an illness. Work defies boredom.
Dinesh ThakurDinesh Thakur Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
George LucasGeorge Lucas At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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