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Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

John Cleese

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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
Actor
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Comedian
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Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
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Voice Actor
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John Marwood Cleese
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