55 Quotes by Stephen Wright

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    I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said "pet supplies." So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said "compact cars.

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    I wrote a song, but I can't read music. Every time I hear a new song on the radio I think, "Hey, maybe I wrote that.

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    Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.

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    Reasonably benign economic environment, nothing too threatening with either (political) party. . .either party coming in will still mean continuation of reasonable economic growth.

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    I was born by Caesarean section, but you can't really tell... except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window.

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    We have now got a coalition government which may or may not include some anti-business types like the Greens.

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    When you see it in summer, it's just beautiful, and then you read the plaques about how 2,000 men died on this spot in 20 minutes. To reconcile how it looks today, the beauty of it, with what actually happened made a big impression on me, and I decided I had to do something one day.

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