It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
STEVE MARTINThe banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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 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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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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