John Oliver Quotes

I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.

John Oliver

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One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing.

Jim Brown

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Everybody is determined by his own experience.

Andrew Young

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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

John Locke

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If you can't give children optimism, then what are you doing?

Matt Haig

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When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.

Ang Lee

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I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Desmond Tutu

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I laugh a lot and count my blessings.

Cheryl Ladd

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I was unusual looking - I didn't have the look of that time. If you look at 'Lucas' - and, basically, my first five or six movies - the characters are not described in the scripts as attractive people.

Winona Ryder

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Hopefully as a result of 'The Frozen Ground,' more and more people will be aware of the horrible things that happen to ladies all over the world and give them respect. This movie is a love letter to those victims.

Nicolas Cage

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At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.

Renee Fleming

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Stupidity took me pretty far.

Khandi Alexander

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When I was talking to strangers over the Internet in the 1990s, there would be a much more intense connection because they're disembodied, so it's just your brain and your soul interacting with this other person, and it just frees you up in this incredibly empowering way.

Glenn Greenwald

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