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College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Waco
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It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to have to go out and sit in the car, and even in the summertime I'd have to roll up the windows. Because you just couldn't practice a banjo or a fiddle with other people around. Unless they're being paid.
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I'm not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.
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After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'
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The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.
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Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential with others she was realized.
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