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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.

Steve Martin

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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Growth Old Thinking Yourself
I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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Body Funny Home Myself Play Stay Woman
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Artitect Dance Music Talk
I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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Book Funny Myself
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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Creation Enjoyment Flow Goodness Myself Right Word
I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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Appearance Eat Exercise Funny Myself Right
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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Act Character Help Identify Life People True Understand Yourself
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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Different Goodness Myself People Promise Talk Unique
Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Appearance Business Perspective Teach
How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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Money Wealth
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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Audience Better Drive Inspirational Learning Motivational Terrorism Yourself
I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Believe Equality Myself Stupidity
You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Life Yourself
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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Alone Break Up Connection Deep Herself Himself Moments Night Relationship Thinking
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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Criticize Himself Man Walk Way Yourself
I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Breathe Business Mistake Myself Worst
No art comes from the conscious mind.
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Art Conscience Mindset One Liner
All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Honesty Myself Pay Work
I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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Astrology Believe Luck Myself
I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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Experience Imagination Life Myself Reality Stand
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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Ability Element Natural Necessary Quality Yourself
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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Harm Illusion Inspirational Learning Moments Myself
I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Cook Fire Hairs Match Mischief Myself Start
I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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Animal Funny Goodness Important Laughter Learning Myself Sex
Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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Alcohol Drink Poet Team Writing
It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Philosophy Thinking Yourself
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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Doctor Funny Goodness Myself Sick

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