John Oliver Quotes
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.
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My mother doesn't have much of a social life with other A-list people. Which in a way I'm very grateful for, because if I do make something of my career I will be able to say it wasn't because I was a Chaplin.
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I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.
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I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.
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Being in this business and surviving day-to-day can be a constant struggle. It's about learning how to be your own super hero, put on your own cape, and be a well-rounded individual.
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Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing.
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I was the kid who was drawing on tables or removing the legs of furniture.
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Of course life frightens me sometimes. I don't happen to take that as the premise for everything else though. I'm going to give it hundred percent and go as far as I can. I'll take what I want and leave what I don't want. That's how I intend to live my life, and it things go bad, I'll stop and reconsider at that point. If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.
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I hate it when people insist on wrangling with you about something, then try to stop as soon as they see the arguments are no longer going all their way.
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I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
