John Cleese Quotes
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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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time.
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I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
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But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
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I tend to eat geographically. When I'm in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food.
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About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.
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Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.
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I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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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.
