John Oliver Quotes
There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.'
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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Actors don't have real value.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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There are 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. So, just like we're quick to go everywhere else and help, we expect that same of America for Puerto Rico. These are U.S. citizens!
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I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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Mack was getting frustrated. He spoke louder, 'But, don't I have a right to...' To complete a sentence without being interrupted? Not in reality. But as long as you think you do, you will surely get ticked off when someone cuts you off, even if it is God.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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I try not to be neurotic; I try to create and present healthy body image.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.
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There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.
