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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Our founders said that everybody mattered, everybody counted. But we all know that they didn't count everybody at the beginning. They did somehow have confidence that each generation of Americans would do a better job with it and would bring more and more people in from the margins and into the heart and soul of our democracy.
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Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve.
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To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.
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I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.
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People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going.
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There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.
