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 MARTINYou know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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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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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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I love money. I love everything about it.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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