John Oliver Quotes

As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant.

John Oliver

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Prairie grassland once covered much of North America's midsection. European settlers turned nearly all of it into farms and ranches, and today the prairie landscape survives mainly in isolated reserves.

Stephen Kinzer

TodayAmericaLandscapePrairieOnce

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Spike Lee

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Temperamentally, Sam and I are very much alike. He's a lawyer, my father's a lawyer, and I always wanted to play one. On so many levels the role just felt right. I fell in love with it as I would a woman.

Rob Lowe

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I've always been naturally thin.

Robin Gibb

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There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

Michael Jordan

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Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just something special about being a senior at Chapel Hill. I just couldn't leave.

Lorrie Fair

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You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.

Joy Harjo

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I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

Denis McDonough

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I was 38 years old when we started trying to have a baby. I thought it would be no problem, but the 3 years it took us was the most difficult period of my life.

Constance Marie

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Music and literature have always and continue to be massive influences. Writers such as Seamus Heaney and Frank McGuinness. I have always admired the humanitarians that I knew growing up in Derry whose influence steered me in the direction of some of the work that I have chosen in the past.

Bronagh Gallagher

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I've been involved in ties with elements in the Arab world for years now. They wish to establish relations with Israel, but they cannot do so while there is no peace process.

Tzipi Livni

PeaceWorldProcessWishNowYears

In my view, Asian countries have learnt the lessons from the past and significantly enhanced their capabilities to fend off risks.

Li Keqiang

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