Neil Oliver Quotes
My wife has always supported me in my career, even when there were times when it was more sensible to get a job. It has been her confidence in me that has helped enormously.
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I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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The Oscar or the Emmy says you've reached a level of competence in this business, and I would love to have one.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
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In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
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Basically, I think of fiction and non-fiction as different ways of engaging with the world. You reach a point where you feel you have said all you possibly can, in reportage or a review essay or a reflection on history, which 'From the Ruins of Empire' was.
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I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.
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Even my family is shocked that I chose this profession.
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You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
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There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.
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My wife has always supported me in my career, even when there were times when it was more sensible to get a job. It has been her confidence in me that has helped enormously.
