John Cleese Quotes
In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
John Cleese
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza
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The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
Carl Jung
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To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.
Ornette Coleman
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
Katha Pollitt
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Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.
Byron Katie
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When we became sedentary, lived indoors, and started to raise livestock, we began to see wolves not as occasional fur-bearers or fellow hunters but as robbers.
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Jean Rostand
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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.
Karen Mills
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Muhammad Ali struck us in the middle of America's darkest night, in the heart of its most threatening gathering storm. His power toppled the mightiest of foes, and his intense light shined on America, and we were able to see clearly injustice, inequality, poverty, pride, self realization, courage, laughter, love, joy and religious freedom for all.
Billy Crystal
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In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
John Cleese
