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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

A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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Carry Father Himself Money Photograph Sadness
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
Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Appearance Business Perspective Teach
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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Animal Funny Goodness Important Laughter Learning Myself Sex
It’s pain that changes our lives.
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Change Live One Liner Ourselves Pain
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
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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Boredom Comfortable Work Yourself
Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
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Business Happiness Person Surprise Try Yourself
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
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
Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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Goodness Ignorance Inspirational Motivational One Liner Yourself
It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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Appearance Body Count Self Love Worth
Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Choice People Way Word
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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Growth Old Thinking Yourself
I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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Astrology Believe Luck Myself
I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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Appearance Eat Exercise Funny Myself Right

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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