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The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.

~John Cleese

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I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

~John Cleese

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I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

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The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

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A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

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Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

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He who laughs most, learns best.

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The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

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If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: October 27th, 1939

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