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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.

Steve Martin

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.
STEVE MARTIN

Boredom Comfortable Work Yourself
The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
STEVE MARTIN

Cheerful Happiness Play Sad Yourself
I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
STEVE MARTIN

Book Funny Myself
Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Goodness Inspirational Motivational Perseverance Substitute Talent Thankful
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.
STEVE MARTIN

Ability Element Natural Necessary Quality Yourself
I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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Drink Myself Price Try
You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Life Yourself
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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Different Goodness Myself People Promise Talk Unique
Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Appearance Business Perspective Teach
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 MARTIN

Criticize Himself Man Walk Way Yourself
It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
STEVE MARTIN

Appearance Confidence Doubt Motivational Myself
Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Choice People Way Word
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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Harm Illusion Inspirational Learning Moments Myself
When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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Death Myself Thinking
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
STEVE MARTIN

Creation Enjoyment Flow Goodness Myself Right Word
Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
STEVE MARTIN

Kiss Man Sex Start Talk Yourself

Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.

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