John Oliver Quotes

Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England, it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing.

John Oliver

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PeopleThinkAmericaDoingYouSee

I'm the type of person who far prefers a vacation filled with trips to museums and art galleries, shopping and exploring vintage flea markets, people-watching at cafes, and discovering delicious restaurants as opposed to lounging on a beach for days on end.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

ArtBeachVacationShoppingVintage

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.

John Sergeant Wise

MotherDaughterWomanLawyerYears

I grew up around acting, but it was never thought of as a career.

Troy Garity

ThoughtCareerActingNeverUpGrew

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

Mary Ellen Chase

GoodFatherThoughtsSayingLabor

The landscape you grow up in speaks to you in a way that nowhere else does.

Molly Parker

GrowLandscapeYouWayGrow UpUp

'The Truth' is not meant to preach or point any fingers. It's meant to show that perhaps we should all avoid taking the moral high ground unless we have thought about things a bit more.

Michael Palin

TruthTruth IsThoughtMoralHigh

I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do.

Chelsea Cain

PeopleThinkAssumeReadThanFewer

I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill.

Christopher Buckley

GoodBookEnoughYouKnowMean

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.

Bob Newhart

LifeInsightTurnMarkUsCentury

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.

Sean Covey

LifeStruggleWordsUps And Downs

We all know a lot about something. We all have a passion about something.

Lewis Howes

PassionKnowSomethingAboutLot

I am so grateful to Marc Jacobs, Riccardo Tisci, Karl Lagerfeld, and Katie Grand, who took a chance on me that first season and gave me an opportunity.

Kendall Jenner

OpportunityGratefulI AmMeChance

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