328 Quotes by John Cleese

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    When you get to my age, and I’m 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realise that, it doesn’t bother you much.

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    If you really don’t know where to start or if you’re stuck, start generating random connections and allow your intuition to tell you if one might lead somewhere interesting.

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    There’s nothing good on the television; let’s burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.

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    It’s easier to be creative if you’ve got other people to play with.

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    Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,‘Thou shalt fly’.

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    I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you’re left thinking, ‘Well, what’s going on?’

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    Why write about the past? Well, there’s more of it.

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    I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn’t know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

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