You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Before 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.
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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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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 thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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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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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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