Steven Wright Quotes

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

Steven Wright

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I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

Melanie Lynskey

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Often, if someone wants to date me because they know I'm trans, it's for specifically sexual reasons, and it doesn't ever lead to a relationship.

Angelica Ross

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My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

Jeffrey Tambor

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The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.

Michael Bloomberg

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Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

Stephnie Weir

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I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

Tom Chapin

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One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.

Michelle Bachelet

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Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know what's causing violence in America - the damn drug laws.

Michael Moriarty

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I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

Josh Dallas

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There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all.

Jon Landau

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I grew up in Inglewood, L.A., and South Central. I was always humbled by my situation. I would go on set and come home to my neighborhood and my block to my friends, and it would be a whole other story.

Brandon Adams

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Fashion is a reflection of the time.

Anna Wintour

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