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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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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In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.
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When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.
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I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it.
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I don't get a chance to do many of my own stunts on 'Buffy' - none of us do. We have amazing stunt people who make us all look really believable and really good.
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I don't get much studio stuff. I'm usually on location, and I know that some people think that acting is so glamorous, but believe me, it's not!
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There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.
