I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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More Steve Martin Quotes
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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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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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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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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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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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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