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John Oliver


British
April 23, 1977
Comedian
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I feel non-stop Brit shame!


John Oliver
Tags: Feel I Feel Shame
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I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.


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People are friendlier in New York than London.


John Oliver
Tags: People Than New
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Politicians don't really bring up religion in England.


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A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.


John Oliver
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I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.


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You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.


John Oliver
Tags: Funny You Just
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I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.


John Oliver
Tags: You Me How
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I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.


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The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
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Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.
John Oliver
Tags: Life Most My Life
Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.
John Oliver
Tags: Money You Like
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
John Oliver
Tags: Work Just More
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
Tags: You Think Things
In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.
John Oliver