Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright) Quotes
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.
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Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.
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It just feels amazing to have that moment when you realize things are coming together for your team.
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You can't value others until you value yourself.
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TechCrunch is the publication of record, but they're so bad and uninformed. It's insult after insult. When I play poker with other VC's, we all laugh at TechCrunch.
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I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of, I've raced a lot longer than I thought I would. I know I can still be better, but I just don't know if I love it enough any more.
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The strongest feelings I experienced were in Davis Cup. It was the most powerful thing: the victories and the losses. It hits you in a distinct way. It's another level of satisfaction - another level of sadness.
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My household is, in a nice way, very busy.
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If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
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I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together.
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The Congress has understood that under modern conditions government has a continuing responsibility to meet continuing problems, and that Government cannot take a holiday of a year, a month, or even a day just because a few people are tired or frightened by the inescapable pace of this modern world in which we live.
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The young boy whistles, hurrying down the street,The young girl hums beneath her breath.One goes out to beauty, and does not know it.And one goes out to death.
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Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be.
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I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
