Steven Wright Quotes

Childhood was very nice. The only thing wrong was that I was so introverted, everything became a big deal... 'Oh, no, here comes the bus. Where am I gonna sit on the bus?'

Steven Wright

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ChildhoodWrongNiceEverythingBus

I have bougainvillea and a magnolia tree outside my window. Not that anything will ever beat the view I had from my desk window in my little farmhouse in Nebraska. Just a dirt road stretching out as far as you could see, with prairie grass on either side.

Meghan Daum

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My late wife - she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn't be in that room because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn't be able to take care of the kids after.

Stanley Tucci

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Some magazines are run from the top down, where the editor-in-chief decides what every article is going to be and who's going to write them, and then they're doled out. My idea is to do it the opposite way, to do it from the bottom up.

Ruth Reichl

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Guitar is great for a certain thing, but a piano is so much more expansive.

Mick Ralphs

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I was waiting for a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. My knee was hurting, so I asked a young man for his seat. He replied, 'There's one over there'. I said, 'Please', and when he refused I poured my water over him.

Miriam Margolyes

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People are multi-dimensional and crave a multi-sensory experience.

Julia Hartz

ExperiencePeopleCrave

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Joseph Addison

PowerManMindNothingMoreThan

There are many people that frankly cannot get themselves to oppose Barack Obama. They make a lot of excuse for him.

Jonathan Turley

PeopleHimGetCannotBarack Obama

Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.

Dmitri Mendeleev

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I'm a big believer in that if you focus on good skin care, you really won't need a lot of makeup.

Demi Moore

GoodFocusMakeupCareYouSkin

The most versatile lipstick you can own is a shade that's just a bit brighter than your natural lip color.

Bobbi Brown

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Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.

Ashley Madekwe

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