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People Quotes by John Cleese
- You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
- A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
- The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
- Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
- I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.
- I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either of you. I'm…
- It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3…
- Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring…
- Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.
- It’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.
- We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more…
- 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…
- Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.
- Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.
- It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with.
- The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering…
- Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.
- I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.
- I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when…
- I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we were…
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle