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Officer, I know I was going faster than 55MPH, but I wasn't going to be on the road an hour.

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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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