John Oliver Quotes
You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.
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I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
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It doesn't sound too good to say I am the son of a landowner, so let us rather say I am the grandson of exploited Galician peasants.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.
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Being that I always perform, I started working out with a trainer to get that endurance and stamina. Now, I guess you could call me a gym rat.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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I would like to enlighten people.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.
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I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
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I don't believe in death.
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Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.
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The normal routine is always the same thing whether it's on a new movie or a new job - there's always a process of getting to know one another. I think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it's pretty short-lived - you get to know one another very quickly.
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You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.
