John Cleese Quotes
I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her.
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We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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I am very happy and honored to be part of the Sony ATV family.
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PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set.
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To be clear and unequivocal, I can say that Islamisation is constitutionally banned in Hungary.
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To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.
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Traditional charity is still fairly focused on how it makes donors feel as opposed to outcomes for people that need help.
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
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I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
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I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her.
