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Steven Wright Quotes

Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: December 6, 1955

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Ocean Me Grow Wonder Happen Just

My family has loved Minnesota and that was one of the big reasons we decided to come back. For me, family decisions were a big part to coming back to the Twins.

Family Me Loved Decisions Back Big

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.

Wife Man Me Husband Look Never

The Paris Agreement's going to continue without the United States of America.

America Paris Without United Going

I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy.

Melissa McCarthy

Sister Small Calm Tragedy Only Very

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

Work Love Women Value People Choice

I had a strong propensity, which I still have, to be invisible. In grade school, I'd try to disappear and become formless. I lived in a very imaginary world. I loved poetry and wrote my first novel when I was 9. It was about a little girl and the people she met in the woods.

Girl School Poetry People World Try

Mathematicians didn't invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible that Africans could be using fractal geometry.

Impossible Thought Geometry Infinity

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.

Relationship Angry Strong Back Talk

People say, 'Surely there's the right reasons for going to war?' And my perspective is, 'Surely there's a better way of asking that question?'

Perspective War People Better Say

I grew up in a family in which no male upstream from me had ever finished high school, much less gone to college. But I was taught that even though there was nothing I could do about what was behind me, I could change everything about what was in front of me. My working poor parents told me that I could do better.

Family Change School Parents College

I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read 'The Giver' now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience.

Beginning Child People Writing Book

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

New York City Fighting Country Know

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