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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.

John Cleese

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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
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Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.
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Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
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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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My hovercraft is full of eels.
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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'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.
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I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.
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England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
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The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.
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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 it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding.
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I wish you wusses would stop whining about your unhappiness. I'm really fed up with it. Pour yourself a scotch and pull yourself together. Go out and shoot something!
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