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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Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?
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With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed.
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When you are 20, 40 looks really old. When I was nearing 30, that seemed like a major milestone.
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That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.
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Lest we forget, when Europe goes far right, they go far right through Belgium.
