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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.
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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When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
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Ask yourself, When does this decision have to be taken? and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time.
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Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.
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