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Steven Wright, born on December 6, 1955, is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his distinctive deadpan delivery and surreal one-liners. He gained widespread acclaim in 1985 with his Grammy-nominated comedy album "I Have a Pony. more Steven Wright, born on December 6, 1955, is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his distinctive deadpan delivery and surreal one-liners. He gained widespread acclaim in 1985 with his Grammy-nominated comedy album "I Have a Pony." Wright's unique comedic style earned him an Academy Award in 1989 for the short film "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings," which he co-wrote and starred in. His appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in the early 1980s helped catapult his career, making him a household name. Wright continued to influence the comedy scene with his 2007 follow-up album, "I Still Have a Pony," further solidifying his place in comedic history. less

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"I wrote a song, but I can't read music, so I don't know what it is. Every once in a while, I'll be listening to the radio and I say, I think I might have written that."
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"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done, so now I just have to fill in the rest."
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"Join the Army, meet interesting people - then kill them."
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"If you were to try to fail, and you succeed, which have you done?"
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"If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?"
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"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
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"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."
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"Even snakes are afraid of snakes."
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"How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"
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"I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything."
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"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time"
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"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly"
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"Curiosity killed the cat but for a while I was a suspect"
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"I planted some bird seed a bird came up now I don't know what to feed it"
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"Hermits have no peer pressure"
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