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“Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.”

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Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.

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No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

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“sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will make me cry by myself in a corner for hours.”

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I believe in the separation of church and planet.

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I've got soggy thighs. It must be dinner time.

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At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society…

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