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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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
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I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country.
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Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly paid human lawyers.
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I think life is precious from beginning to end.
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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.
