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You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.

Steve Martin

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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
Art Collector
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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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