John Oliver Quotes

Most stand-ups, once they have done it, think of it as their default job. I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart still feels that way now. You are a stand-up first; other things come and go.

John Oliver

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JobThinkYouCome And GoGoDone

I'm just like you, only I'm different because I'm me.

Jim Coleman

MeYouBecauseDifferentOnlyJust

Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there's jazz; romantic, and then there's baroque. I find that very dissatisfying. I was trying to find the thread that connects one type of music - one type of musician - to another, and to follow that thread in some kind of natural, evolutionary way.

Jerry Lee Lewis

MusicRomanticTryingFindJazzWay

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.

John Irving

LifeTalentMeMy LifeSayKind

Our small and peaceful country is threatened daily by covetous and bigoted big powers whose hunger for domination and control of other nations and their resources knows no bounds.

Robert Mugabe

DailyControlSmallPeacefulCountry

I am embarrassingly 1920s in style.

Matthew Gray Gubler

StyleI Am1920sAm

My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.

Trey Parker

TimeSchoolNew YorkNewWillFirst

I started my own record label.

Tom Felton

My OwnOwnStartedLabelRecord

I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am very much engaged back to playing and recording and everything.

Miroslav Vitous

TogetherI AmBackEverythingEurope

I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful.

Julia Holter

MusicBeautifulYouOverLineWhere

Someone who's passed through the circumstances that I have has to make the decision either to be a good person or a bad person, and I decide to become better at every opportunity.

Juan Gabriel

GoodOpportunityDecisionBetterBad

I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!

Donald Fagen

LifeArtBetterFeelTroubleNow

New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames.

Brad Holland

ArtWaveNewNowMuseumsRage

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