John Oliver Quotes
Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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Whatever makes your head nod, that's want we want to give you.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
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When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliche anymore.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
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I didn't want to get married, and I didn't want kids - I knew I wanted to act.
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The moods of a river change from hour to hour and day to day. It can be still and serene as a glassy mirror, reflecting the clouds that pass over it and the trees on its banks. Or, when a light breeze springs up, the surface of the river may be broken into little diamond lights reflecting the distant sun.
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Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.
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If the world knew what I was doing, they would hang me from the highest tree.
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Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.
