John Cleese - If I can get you to laugh with m...

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 the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

English Actor

Born: Oct 27, 1939

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Truth, Me, You, Better, Laugh, Laughing, More, Point, Open, Particular, Like, Ideas, Make, Makes, Get, Acknowledge, Which, Persuade

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