John Oliver Quotes
Many people would argue that the most dangerous inhabitant of the earth is currently the self styled 43rd president of the United States. Not so much in deed anymore as in word. Because to hear that man speak is to wish upon yourself physical harm.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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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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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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I am strictly against remaking a movie.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Samsung has drastically altered the rule that big screens mean huge phones. Even this smaller of the new Galaxy S models has a larger screen than the biggest iPhone, but it's much narrower and easier to hold and to slip into a pocket.
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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I've always been into 'fast-paced, don't bore 'em, keep it moving along, stick with the story.' You know: tell a story the way I want to hear a story. I find it more rewarding to write for kids, but I also find it a little easier, because you can just let loose a little bit more in terms of fantasy and stuff.
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People who have come to appreciate well-sourced and well-cooked food refuse to pay too much for food that they wouldn't want to pay anything for.
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God has allowed me through the BSB to minister in a positive way, encouraging people to stand up for what they believe.
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Sex Ed - when I finally got to take it - was all about biology and birth control and nothing about anything that actually goes on between people.
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Many people would argue that the most dangerous inhabitant of the earth is currently the self styled 43rd president of the United States. Not so much in deed anymore as in word. Because to hear that man speak is to wish upon yourself physical harm.
