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The most creative people have this childlike facility 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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Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas.
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Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
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Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.
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The British fans are liable to suddenly be talking to you about something that you don't know how you got into the conversation. I think it's something to do with the fact that they've been watching you for so many years sort of you telling your story.
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If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick.
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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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When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.
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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas
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Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.
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Laughter destroys any divisions between people.
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Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries.
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I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to do that, and yet there are people racing out who want to spend their spare time clambering up rocks.
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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 do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits are funny and which bits need to be fixed.
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Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
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I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.
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I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.
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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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Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.
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We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then switch to the closed mode to implement it.
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