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The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.


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DAN WHITNEY I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I don't...
MENA GRABOWSKI TROTT Steve was that little boy in 'Deliverance' who played the banjo,
ROBIN WILLIAMS I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It c...
BELA FLECK God, I admire Steve Martin.
BILL PAXTON He just nailed it, ... I don't know how he nailed it; that's why he's Steve Martin ... he's a scient...
JASON SCHWARTZMAN Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. ...
JASON SCHWARTZMAN Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things.
JERRY LEWIS I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
STEVE BUSCEMI Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.
MORGAN FREEMAN To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN In the ski universe, Taos is an American classic, no question about it. It's a place where you truly...
GREG DITRINCO I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus
Be dull and boring and omnipresent
Criticize things yo...
STEVE MARTIN No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
THEODORE BIKEL The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument...
PATRICK HENRY Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experie...
WALTER BENJAMIN I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.
CARROT TOP Steve is prepared to give them leadership. I truly believe this will make Steve a better player and ...
JEFF FRIED I love Steve Martin so much, even in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.'
JUSTIN KURZEL A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he s...
MAUREEN MCCORMICK Steve Martin is a legendary actor and a wonderful person to work with. He's incredibly well prep...
DAVID FRANKEL I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.
CHRIS PRATT When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily mani...
DAVE GROHL A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or ...
MAUREEN MCCORMICK They are songs that probe, ... They're not position papers. They're statements about the human condi...
ANTHONY DECURTIS I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.
BRIAN GREENE There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America i...
HANYA YANAGIHARA All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam San...
AKIVA SCHAFFER We are all part of American history. Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American h...
MORGAN FREEMAN Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.
ANAT COHEN That is something we've indicated we'll take a look at and will talk to our American colleagues abou...
ANNE MCLELLAN It's not worth worrying about. It wasn't pleasant, but both Martin and I are past it. We plan to hav...
LLOYD GROVE Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.
ERNEST MANDEL Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public fig...
SHERYL CROW It is truly an honor to be recognized by ATMIA and my peers. This award is also a tribute to everyon...
BILL JACKSON Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking t...
CRISS ANGEL Lauren led our team on the court and off the court this past season. I want to wish her the best on ...
DOUG SHARP Other than the Rev. Martin Luther King, no other person has had such a role in changing (the African...
KWAME KILPATRICK The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very imp...
DAN QUAYLE You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are ...
STEVE MARTIN The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTIN You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are ...
STEVE MARTIN Be tasteless, rude, and offensive,
Live in a swamp and be three dimensional,
Put a live ch...
STEVE MARTIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i...
STEVEN STRAIT Its our eyes and minds that allow to see difference, but its our humanity that truly allows us to se...
NOLAN BANKS She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spir...
CAROL BURNETT Whether you look at 'Glee' and its normalization of gay identity or you look at the work of ...
RIZ AHMED The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhar...
ELLEN DEGENERES I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
XAVIER NIEL It's about the players, obviously. That's a part of it. But this is about Steve for Lance. It's also...
CINDY RANDALL If you truly believe in something, that is, if you care enough about it to not just dream about it, ...
CORY GROSHEK It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Ben...
MIKE NICHOLS There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I...
MAYA ANGELOU I'm sort of shy, and Twitter feels like chatting all day with a group. I like to follow people. ...
MARIA BAMFORD Japan needs the American market and it also needs American security protection. Japan also needs Ame...
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI As I write this, we are in an especially divisive era in American politics. There are questions abou...
LIBBA BRAY If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right t...
VALERIE JUNE It's about as primitive an instrument as you can get.
RICK SMITH I love 'The Sportswriter' by Richard Ford. Ford really captures for me the bittersweetness o...
MARK RUFFALO If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is ...
KEN MEHLMAN Life is an audition.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL I'm probably the least harsh on myself, and I try not to scrutinize everything about my body. As...
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN We believe in the good old days; we believe our best is in the past. Our past is our memories, our p...
TONY CURL When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all ...
MARC MARON Don is our George Martin,
DARIUS RUCKER This is an album that reflects our past, but it's very much about the present, ... This isn't about ...
DARYL HALL One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel Am...
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE I think honestly procrastination on something like doing taxes tends to be the American past time.
RAPHAEL TULINO Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grand...
CATE BLANCHETT I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worr...
RYAN SHECKLER Free love, man, Free Love! Which, by the way, was the single greatest concept a young man has ever h...
STEVE MARTIN The banjo because it's loud and shiny.
RYAN SHUPE American energy independence is an economic issue, an environmental issue and a national security is...
ANDY WARREN One of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take some...
ROB LOWE The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goe...
STAN GETZ I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a ba...
JACKSON BROWNE I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banj...
DICKEY BETTS To discuss a Martin Amis book, you must first discuss the orchestrated release of a Martin Amis book...
GRAYDON CARTER Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough,...
CHRIS HARDWICK In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd ...
STEVE MARTIN This is 100 percent cotton that is reinforced with stitching. It captures the body and brings it in.
KATHLEEN HUDDY Money and finances are completely artificial categories - in natural conditions, they don't exist. M...
RUBEN PAPIAN I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... American politicians who dwell on American exceptionalism only dishonor us by suggesting we play dum...
JAY PARINI Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
J. PAUL GETTY Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
JEAN PAUL GETTY During conversations prior to and after the tournament, Steve and I talked about the past and future...
GARY BARTA It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDS Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.
VOLTAIRE Steve Smith had a great year, no question. Even more so when you think that every team has it on the...
TOM COUGHLIN I never forgot that skyline and what it means to an immigrant, an American. It's not just a symbol. ...
DANIEL LIBESKIND The past wrote about the future not acknowledging the past writing about the future. Will we ever le...
ANGELA DILLON To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes somethi...
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STEVE LARGENT YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.
STEVE CHEN We're allowing technology to take out the non-value-added manual elements of the McDonald's ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK Ultimately, the bread and butter of McDonald's is delivering great service, great quality food, ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those specie...
STEVE IRWIN There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.
STEVE CHEN The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
STEVE COOGAN Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk....
STEVE IRWIN The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
STEVE IRWIN So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
STEVE IRWIN No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.
STEVE IRWIN I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
STEVE IRWIN I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we ...
STEVE IRWIN That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from...
STEVE IRWIN We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been s...
STEVE IRWIN Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
STEVE IRWIN The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm get...
STEVE IRWIN When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted wi...
STEVE IRWIN I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet...
STEVE IRWIN Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
STEVE IRWIN Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
STEVE IRWIN Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
STEVE IRWIN