"The clear problem of the outlawing of insult……" — Rowan Atkinson
"The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult."
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Rowan Atkinson
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64 Quotes by Rowan Atkinson
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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.
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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
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I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be…
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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things…
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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for…
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.
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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such…
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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