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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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 would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.
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Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.
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I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.
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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.
