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"28 Steve Martin Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 14 August 1945 | Actor | Comedian | Author | Filmmaker | Musician |

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

Thankfully Persistence Great Talent
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It's pain that changes our lives.

Pain Changes Lives
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I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

Entertainment Aspire Art Idiot
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Be so good they can't ignore you.
Be Good Ignore You
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I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

Heard People Lie Fool
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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

Believe Equality Everybody Superior
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I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

Breathing Worst Business Mistake
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.

Learned Harm Delusions Inspiration
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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.

Before Criticize Man Walk
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Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

Comedy Art Peole Laugh
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I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.

Found Real life Imagination Experience
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There are few takers for the quiet heart

Few Takers Quiet Heart
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

Thought Yesterday Life Today
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All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.

Life's Riddle Answered Movies
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Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

Comedy Distortion Happening Something
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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 Body Precious Heart
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Thinking too much also creates the illusion of causal connections between unrelated events.

Thinking Creates Illusion Events
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Harder you Try, Luckier you get
Harder You Try Luckier
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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

Writer's Fancy term Whiners Excuse
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Love is a promise delivered already broken.

Love Promise Delivered Broken
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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 Manage Time Inspired
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I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?

I Believe Time Career
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You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

You Comfortable Work Boring
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Chaos Midst Funny Order
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.

Greatest Thing Surprise Yourself
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.

Conscious Mind Editor Writer
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.

Always Make room Unexpected Yourself
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There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.

Way Learn Audience Terror
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Steve Martin Quotes & Sayings