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I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
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Banjoist
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Film Producer
Musician
Performing Artist
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Street Artist
Waco
Texas
Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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