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There is no greater anesthetic than sport.

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John Oliver
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: April 23
Actor
Comedian
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John William Oliver
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Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing.
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I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.
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I think it might honestly be time for the Sunshine State to officially change its motto to the Worst State.
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Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.
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I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.
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Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels.
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My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American.
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Everybody should care about facts. That is something all of us should agree on.
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I feel non-stop Brit shame!
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If you’re asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which I would have voted for Mitt Romney unless I sustained a massive concussion.
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