“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.”
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John Cleese32
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The earliest published source for such a statement yet located is in Pat Robertson — Where He Stands (1988) by Hubert Morken, p. 42, where such a comment is attributed to Luther without citation.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=THHapkLeSGo?t=24m23s
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