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Steve Martin quotes: When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore. When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.
Steve Martin quotes: Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey
Steve Martin quotes: I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.
Steve Martin quotes: It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function. It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.
Steve Martin quotes: She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart. She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.
Steve Martin quotes: She started converting objects of beauty into objects of value. She started converting objects of beauty into objects of value.
Steve Martin quotes: A young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs. A young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs.
Steve Martin quotes: I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly. I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
Steve Martin quotes: With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious. With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.
Steve Martin quotes: I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork ... I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork ...
Steve Martin quotes: We've had some fun tonight ... considering we're all gonna die someday. We've had some fun tonight ... considering we're all gonna die someday.
Steve Martin quotes: Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river. Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river.
Steve Martin quotes: I see other people crossing the street at the curb and I don't know how they can do it. I see other people crossing the street at the curb and I don't know how they can do it.
Steve Martin quotes: Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore. Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.
Steve Martin quotes: So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background. So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.
Steve Martin quotes: Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
Steve Martin quotes: I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it. I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.
Steve Martin quotes: Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training. Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.
Steve Martin quotes: I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87. I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87.
Steve Martin quotes: How many people have never raised their hand before? How many people have never raised their hand before?
Steve Martin quotes: It's not tipping I believe in. It's overtipping. It's not tipping I believe in. It's overtipping.
Steve Martin quotes: A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast. A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast.
Steve Martin quotes: I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is. I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
Steve Martin quotes: Finally, we do become wise, but then it's too late Finally, we do become wise, but then it's too late
Steve Martin quotes: You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it. You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.
Steve Martin quotes: Carl Reiner. He had an entrenched sense of glee; he used humor as a gentle way of speaking difficult truths; Carl Reiner. He had an entrenched sense of glee; he used humor as a gentle way of speaking difficult truths;
Steve Martin quotes: What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats ... or skinny. What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats ... or skinny.
Steve Martin quotes: When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut. When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
Steve Martin quotes: I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language ... Apache. I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language ... Apache.
Steve Martin quotes: What would any man do with a soggy girl who can't assert herself, who has a weak voice, and whose main personality component is helplessness? What would any man do with a soggy girl who can't assert herself, who has a weak voice, and whose main personality component is helplessness?
Steve Martin quotes: There is something going on now in Mexico that I happen to think is cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of course, is cat juggling. There is something going on now in Mexico that I happen to think is cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of course, is cat juggling.
Steve Martin quotes: No art comes from the conscious mind. No art comes from the conscious mind.
Steve Martin quotes: She tried to get even with him through psychological warfare but couldn't, because he didn't care. She tried to get even with him through psychological warfare but couldn't, because he didn't care.
Steve Martin quotes: Some people have a way with words, and other people ... oh, uh, not have way. Some people have a way with words, and other people ... oh, uh, not have way.
Steve Martin quotes: I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress. I
believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up
her dress.
Steve Martin quotes: I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy. I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
Steve Martin quotes: Always...no wait...never..... Always...no wait...never.....
Steve Martin quotes: Just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives. Just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.
Steve Martin quotes: I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone. I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
Steve Martin quotes: Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen. Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
Steve Martin quotes: Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
Steve Martin quotes: She was feeling her bohemian oats. She was feeling her bohemian oats.
Steve Martin quotes: I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film. I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.
Steve Martin quotes: Introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness Introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness
Steve Martin quotes: ... you're nuts but you're welcome here. ... you're nuts but you're welcome here.
Steve Martin quotes: The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art. The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.
Steve Martin quotes: I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive. I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.
Steve Martin quotes: She is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses. She is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses.
Steve Martin quotes: Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated. Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.
Steve Martin quotes: Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening. Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.
Steve Martin quotes: You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.Steve Martin You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
Steve Martin
Steve Martin quotes: I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time. I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.
Steve Martin quotes: You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.
Steve Martin quotes: I'm enamored with the art world. I'm enamored with the art world.
Steve Martin quotes: I think communication is so firsbern. I think communication is so firsbern.
Steve Martin quotes: I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens. I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.
Steve Martin quotes: How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars
Steve Martin quotes: I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow. I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.
Steve Martin quotes: I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old. I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.
Steve Martin quotes: There are few takers for the quiet heart. There are few takers for the quiet heart.
Steve Martin quotes: I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
Steve Martin quotes: It's so beautiful where I am today that it makes me wonder where I am. It's so beautiful where I am today that it makes me wonder where I am.
Steve Martin quotes: You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door
Steve Martin quotes: I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was ... an arctic wilderness. I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was ... an arctic wilderness.
Steve Martin quotes: Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm. Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.
Steve Martin quotes: Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later. Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.
Steve Martin quotes: The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.
Steve Martin quotes: Ah, yes. I remember my first beer. Ah, yes. I remember my first beer.
Steve Martin quotes: She appears sunny, a quality that Mirabelle can call upon only for special occasions. She appears sunny, a quality that Mirabelle can call upon only for special occasions.
Steve Martin quotes: A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair. A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.
Steve Martin quotes: The environment changed with Martha Stewart and Enron. The environment changed with Martha Stewart and Enron.
Steve Martin quotes: The banjo is such a happy instrumentyou can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful. The banjo is such a happy instrument
you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
Steve Martin quotes: Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.
Steve Martin quotes: I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words. I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
Steve Martin quotes: As we get older we either become our worst selves or our best selves As we get older we either become our worst selves or our best selves
Steve Martin quotes: Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them. Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
Steve Martin quotes: The only thing that bothers me is if I'm in a restaurant and I'm eating and someone says, 'Hey, mind if I smoke?' I always say, 'No. Mind if I The only thing that bothers me is if I'm in a restaurant and I'm eating and someone says, 'Hey, mind if I smoke?' I always say, 'No. Mind if I fart?
Steve Martin quotes: Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things. Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.
Steve Martin quotes: I couldn't see his face, because the light came in from behind him and he was in shadow, and he said, "I am Picasso." And I said, "Well, so what? I couldn't see his face, because the light came in from behind him and he was in shadow, and he said, "I am Picasso." And I said, "Well, so what?
Steve Martin quotes: There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you. There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
Steve Martin quotes: I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night. I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.
Steve Martin quotes: Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me. Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.
Steve Martin quotes: Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town. Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.
Steve Martin quotes: Being on Twitter is like having a fern. Being on Twitter is like having a fern.
Steve Martin quotes: At least Clarissa knows I'm benign. But that is not an adjective one wants to throw around about one's spouse: This is my husband. He's benign. At least Clarissa knows I'm benign. But that is not an adjective one wants to throw around about one's spouse: This is my husband. He's benign.
Steve Martin quotes: I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man and I'm thoroughly lovable. I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man and I'm thoroughly lovable.
Steve Martin quotes: Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty. Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
Steve Martin quotes: I have found that just as in real lifeimagination sometimes has to stand in for experience. I have found that
just as in real life
imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
Steve Martin quotes: You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither. You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
Steve Martin quotes: Be so good they can't ignore you. Be so good they can't ignore you.
Steve Martin quotes: 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. 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.
Steve Martin quotes: Now you see ... they' re not fit for humans ... " "Put them on me. Now you see ... they' re not fit for humans ... " "Put them on me.
Steve Martin quotes: He had no college dreams and hence no proximity to the challenge of new faces and ideas. He had no college dreams and hence no proximity to the challenge of new faces and ideas.
Steve Martin quotes: I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children? I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?
Steve Martin quotes: I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life. I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.
Steve Martin quotes: College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy. College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.
Steve Martin quotes: I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday ... unless there's a game on. I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday ... unless there's a game on.
Steve Martin quotes: Somewhere in the world is ... The world's worst doctor and he could be yours. Somewhere in the world is ... The world's worst doctor and he could be yours.
Steve Martin quotes: I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.
Steve Martin quotes: You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else. You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.

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