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Steve Martin
American comedian, actor, and writer
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I was getting a little nervous about the letter's frequent repetition of the word "Freedom." It could be an example of a small truth I had uncovered in my scant thirty-five years of life: that the more a word is repeated, the less likely it is that the word applies.
—Steve Martin, American comedian, actor, and writer, The Pleasure of My Company, 2003

Posted on October 28, 2003 at 7:00 PM

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