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Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'

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Steven Wright
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 6
Comedian
Film Director
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Steven Alexander Wright
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