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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.

Steve Martin

You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Life Yourself
There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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Audience Better Drive Inspirational Learning Motivational Terrorism Yourself
I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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Deep Emotion Happiness Myself Sad Time
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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Need People Relationship Soul Mate Yourself
The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
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Cheerful Happiness Play Sad Yourself
All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Honesty Myself Pay Work
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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Act Character Help Identify Life People True Understand Yourself
The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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Greatness Hard Work Inspirational Surprise Yourself
You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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Appearance Funny Myself Sex Woman Yourself
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.
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Criticize Himself Man Walk Way Yourself
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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Doctor Funny Goodness Myself Sick
Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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Act Actor Collaboration Team Work Yourself
It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Philosophy Thinking Yourself
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
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
I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Believe Equality Myself Stupidity

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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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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