John Oliver Quotes
Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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I like rap. I like anything with soul. I like anything you can feel, anything that makes you think that the artist had to make that song, or they were going to go crazy.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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I had this tic where I touch my mouth to my knee, and I'm always screwing up my back. I've had two shoulder surgeries. My doctor just smiles and laughs at me.
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I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film.
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Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
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We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!
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Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.
