Rowan Atkinson Quotes

People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.

Rowan Atkinson

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For most students at universities around the country, studying entrepreneurship is a pleasant intellectual diversion, not a professional choice, path, or commitment.

Andrew Yang

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When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Matthew Goode

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I think playing a comic role is the toughest job for an actor; to put glycerin and cry is easy, but to make people laugh is difficult.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

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Faro is a game of chance, essentially, with no skill involved. You bet against the bank, and the bank almost always wins.

Amanda Foreman

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Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those rights and speak out and hold people in power in check.

Stan Van Gundy

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The House has repeatedly had overwhelming votes in support of continuing the Yucca Mountain repository.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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It's nice to be recognized, but at the same time, there are always consequences. You may get fame, but you lose anonymity. You lose a certain sense of who you are.

Mike Colter

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I'm cancer-free. And I'm on antioxidants and acupuncture and a different diet. And I have a different outlook on life. I don't have resentment any more. It's wonderful.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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I like the Gap ad, the khaki one. I liked that.

Jay Chiat

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I don't like to take my clothes off.

Demi Moore

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And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.

Chris Hadfield

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I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.

Christina Hendricks

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