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It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.


John Oliver

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OLIVER CROMWELL A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
OLIVER HERFORD My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday...
JAMIE OLIVER How can it be said we should use only constitutional means in our struggle, when all resistance is i...
OLIVER TAMBO German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everyt...
OLIVER MARKUS If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us ...
OLIVER SACKS In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even us...
BARRET OLIVER Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which...
BARRET OLIVER I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from not...
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