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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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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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It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.
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With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.
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I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
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I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian.
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... you're nuts but you're welcome here.
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She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.
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I would assign every lie a color: yellow when they were innocent, pale blue when they sailed over you like the sky, red because I knew they drew blood. And then there was the black lie. That's the worst of all. A black lie was when I told you the truth.
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