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Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
Art Collector
Banjoist
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Producer
Musician
Performing Artist
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Street Artist
Waco
Texas
Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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