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Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.
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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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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Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies
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The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
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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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No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.
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When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
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Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
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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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Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.
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When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.
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Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such as synchronicity. Quantum physics suggests it's possible, so why not?
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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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If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.
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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 was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.
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Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.
John Cleese
If you really don't know where to start or if you're stuck, start generating random connections and allow your intuition to tell you if one might lead somewhere interesting.
John Cleese
I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
John Cleese
The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.
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