Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright) Quotes
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In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.
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I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.
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Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.
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It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.
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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
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I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
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I'm not afraid of problem-solving. There is always a way.
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Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.
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For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.
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We are afraid that we have not lived. We are not afraid of dying.
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Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world's tongue.
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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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If you are afraid of changes Watch from a distance Whether or not I might do something If you're going to talk about me behind my back It is what it is.
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Others fear what the morrow may bring. I am afraid of what happened yesterday.
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Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.
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I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.
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I worry that people think you have to go to a university to be a good writer, which is categorically untrue. I don't think I learned how to write at Oxford. I did not go to any creative writing classes or anything.
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I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this: There are plenty of people that I wish I could un-meet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome.
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
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A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
