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"When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry."
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Source: Steve Martin (2008). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.99, Simon and Schuster
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