Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry "Terry" Jonesis a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, historian and author. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth1 February 1942
CityColwyn Bay, Wales
I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.
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The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.
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I don't think I did anything that damaged Vogue's circulation drastically. I did some bum covers. Actually there was one cover that was completely out of focus, but it looked intentional. Fine. I think Vogue was healthy enough at that time not to worry about its sales figures.
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It is a conundrum for us more than for the advertisers because we have to find a way over time to get paid for this information. For a Web site that derives some revenues from ads, it's our problem, and we have to figure out the right model.
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I always considered them true philanthropists in that name recognition was of no importance to them.
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The one small loophole is the local safety hazard.
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The whole thing is hanging in limbo. It's hard to grieve when you don't know what happened.
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No doubt, 13 straight hikes by the (Federal Reserve) and the prospect of at least two more have also hurt.
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To make that work on a varying load is very hard.
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We'll be interested to see if there's a bounce back next month, as there was in October 2001 after the 9/11 attacks,
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Those kinds of things I think will stay and get more sophisticated. I think it's going to be very tailored for the customer.
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We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.
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I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!
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I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie.