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.
STEVE MARTINBefore you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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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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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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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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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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