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About Steven Wright
American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
Steven Wright is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his dry, slow delivery and his distinctive voice, which shape the ironic, philosophical, and often absurd style of his comedy. His material often uses paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and tightly built one-liners. He is especially associated with jokes that turn on contrived situations and unexpected reversals.
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Reflections: more sayings
- “Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man…”Charles Caleb Colton
- “Freud introduced the unconscious, which in effect dethroned man as the uncontested master of his own rational…”Paul C. Vitz
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Books by Steven Wright
Coyotes of Carthage
2020