Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINNow 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!
More Steve Martin Quotes
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find 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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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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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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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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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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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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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 believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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