John Cleese Quotes
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.
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Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
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Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.
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If I were sure I would pass the physicals, I would be on the next space shuttle to Mars or some other planet. I'll leave the calculations and the navigational tasks to you while I bask in your ingenuity. Find me a place in the capsule and watch me outdo Michael Jackson's moonwalk to the music of the spheres.
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Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities.
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I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.
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After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived
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I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself.
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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
