Who is Steven Wright

Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in its 2017 list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics. His accolades include the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for starring in, writing, and producing the short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a producer of Louie (2010–15). He is known for his supporting role as Leon in the Peabody Award–winning tragicomedy web series Hor...
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Huskeydogg: a clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. - steven wright
0xmuskeye: “if at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” – steven wright
Hillarie16: “if at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” – steven wright
Rohpuri: also available are dawand jones, darnell wright, o’cyrus torrence, mazi smith, steven avila. if i’m staying at 26, i know who i’m taking, i’m trading down i know who i’m taking. in neither scenario am i selecting kincaid, and most times, if you trade down from 26, kancey’s gone.
Nina_danuatmaja: “if at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” – steven wright
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How happy I was if I could forget
 by Emily Dickinson

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How happy I was if I could forget
To remember how sad I am
Would be an easy adversity
But the recollecting of Bloom

Keeps making November difficult
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