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Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.
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It is the perfect wrong time for Jeremy to do to Mirabelle what she had done to him - call him up for a quick fix - because, in a sense, she is now betrothed. Her first date with someone who treated her well obligates her to faithfulness, at least until the relationship is explored.
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