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If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.
John Cleese
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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
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John Marwood Cleese
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I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth, but it doesn't feel English.
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What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.
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What's the bleedin' point?
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God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
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The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
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The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
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Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.
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The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.
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I would like to do my own eulogy, and then shoot myself and then get in the coffin.
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I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.
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Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!
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When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be.
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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
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I think it takes a long time, as you get older, to realize just how crazy the world is, just how ridiculous it all is.
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There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of.
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By watching the great, old comedians I picked up a few tricks about how to do physical comedy. And whenever I could learn something, I sort of added that to my repertoire.
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I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.
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When I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision.
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I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.
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There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a World Championship, we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.
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