John Cleese Quotes
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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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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I was lucky enough to have parents with a huge film library. My mum is a huge Bollywood film geek. When we were kids, we would watch Indian films with her as well as Chinese and Japanese films. My father was more into the classics, American films, and also Hitchcock films.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.
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I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.
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I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life.
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I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors.
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There are so many things that can go wrong while performing. I've had violin strings break; I've had pants that were slowly falling down, and I'd have to pull them up in between every song; my hairpiece was falling out, so a big chunk of hair was just flapping around as I danced, and I've completely fallen on my butt.
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I'm a third-generation Miamian. I'm fond of it. I'm an expatriate, so it's the only American city I can still legitimately claim.
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Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?
