John Oliver Quotes

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

John Oliver

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Growing UpVoiceGrowingHeroesUp

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.

Andie MacDowell

TimeChildBetterWorryYouPerfect

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

Maya Angelou

EducationMeSegregationShapedMany

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

Jean Rostand

PastWantWriteTwoSurprisesAgain

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.

John Robert Seeley

MindWorldSeemHalfAbsenceFit

I spend many evenings reading or continuing the day's work, but I also enjoy playing the piano, jogging, and traveling with the family.

Robert Woodrow Wilson

WorkFamilyDayReadingEnjoyPiano

I was a latecomer to romance, although I did read gothics. My father used to work for the 'Fort Worth Star-Telegram,' and their book reviewer, author Leonard Sanders, would pass on the gothics for my dad to give to me since Leonard didn't review gothics. I gobbled up books by Mary Stewart, Madeleine Brent, Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney.

Lori Wilde

WorkFatherMeBookWorthRomance

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Josh Billings

FunWorldProfitFoolsLivingOut

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity.

Chelsea Clinton

OpportunityOptimismFeelGrandmother

It fascinated me, these kids who would sit in their living room or bedroom or kitchen and sing to the camera and act out the song fully as though they were onstage. Because a lot of musical theater kids... do that alone in your bedroom when you're a kid. But for someone to go and put that online? That's just so embarrassing!

Colleen Ballinger

AloneMeSongKitchenSomeoneYou

I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and saw some lovely drama students walking into an audition for 'Much Ado About Nothing' and thought: 'That's what I'll do when I recover.' I joined that production and was hooked.

Clark Gregg

FootballCollegeTheatreThoughtOut

I'm only confrontational with my friends.

Chuck Palahniuk

FriendsOnlyConfrontational

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

William Makepeace Thackeray

KindnessMoneyBetterHimDaysThan

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