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Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, This is only published because he's a celebrity.

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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Waco
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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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I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.
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