There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
STEVE MARTINAlways 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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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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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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