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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.

— John Cleese

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All humans are stupid, but the smarter ones at least have a handle on their own ignorance.

Because these people are operating at a very very low level of mental health, they are incapable of understanding the teaching.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Best New Games (2002)

Four hundred years ago, we would have been burnt for this film. Now, I'm suggesting that we've made an advance.

He who laughs most, learns best.

Creating Emotionally Safe Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents‎ (2001)

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Karl Barth The Harper Book of Quotations (1993)

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