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Steve Martin

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
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 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
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
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
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
Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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Alone Break Up Connection Deep Herself Himself Moments Night Relationship Thinking
Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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Different Evolution Human Walk
It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Philosophy Thinking 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
Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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Alcohol Drink Poet Team Writing
I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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Day Life Myself Past Present
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
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
I love money. I love everything about it.
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Love Money Myself One Liner
Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Goodness Inspirational Motivational Perseverance Substitute Talent Thankful
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
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Hard Time Night Shine Sun Yourself
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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Creation Enjoyment Flow Goodness Myself Right Word
How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Deep Hands People Question Voice
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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Break Up Cheating Herself Myself Woman
It’s pain that changes our lives.
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Change Live One Liner Ourselves Pain
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
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
I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Breathe Business Mistake Myself Worst
You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Life Yourself
I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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Beautiful Believe Money Myself Natural Sex

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