Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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• I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'

  

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• Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent.

  

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• The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Mind
  • Light
  • Eye