328 Quotes by John Cleese

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    I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.

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    Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand.

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    I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.

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    This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

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    Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

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    Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.

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    The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.

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    Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.

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