John Oliver Quotes
I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.
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Only as an aesthetic product can the world be justified to all eternity.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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People will watch your film only if it's good. Another star's flop won't make your film a hit. So my race is with myself.
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People think of me and think, 'Ibiza and hippy look.' I'm trying to expand.
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I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.
