John Oliver Quotes
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.
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Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
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It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.
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My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.
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The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either.
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The Mormon issue is a real problem in the South; it's a real problem in other parts of the country. But people are not going to say it. People are not going to step out and say, 'I have a problem with Romney because he's Mormon.' What they're going to say is he's a flip-flopper... It's a fact; it's reality.
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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
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The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad.
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What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
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If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won't do a photo because I wouldn't want any photographic evidence.
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Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit from the Middle East's growing wealth.
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I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Sikhs. I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Christians. All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen.
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People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
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The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.
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I'm totally on a mission to find my signature scent, but I'm too mercurial.
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God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny!Her equal would be hard to find.She lost one dad and mother,A sister and a brother-But she would make up her mind.
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I am actually better at predicting or talking about 30 years later than three years.
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Lest we forget, when Europe goes far right, they go far right through Belgium.
