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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More Steve Martin Quotes
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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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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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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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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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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