Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright) Quotes
I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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What agent is there other than the Creator of the heavens and earth who can know whatever occurs in our heart, down to its most subtle and secret thoughts, and illuminate the future for us by establishing the Hereafter, saving us from the countless suffocating waves of the world?
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I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy.
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Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.
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I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.
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No process of reform will succeed without national reconciliation. ... National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country’s future, it is necessary to stop incitement and to stop violence.
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Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt.
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A photograph can express silence.
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Rouse the lion from his lair.
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There is a difference between not understanding and being willfully obtuse.
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Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.
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I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.
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I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase.
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Our rooms were bugged, our phones were tapped, and our lawyer's rooms were broken into and their files stolen. We finally had to hire armed guards with pistols to be able to maintain our records. It was hard to believe we weren't in Russia.
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
