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There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can’t hurt you anymore when you’ve been completely dismantled.

John Oliver

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John Oliver
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: April 23
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John William Oliver
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