Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINI 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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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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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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