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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Waco
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Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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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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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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What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.
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I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
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