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John Oliver Quotes: I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.
         

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.


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Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.



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One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.



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