John Oliver Quotes
Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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I got through college.
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My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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I do not like being famous. I like being normal.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of how I'm actually quite antisocial. I don't look like a guy who feels like that, but it's very hard for me to start up a conversation. At a party, I'm lost.
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The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.
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Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.
