Rowan Atkinson Quotes

In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like.

Rowan Atkinson

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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LiteratureNationDecline

I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

Robert Lepage

IdentityGenderProblemNeverDid

I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don't understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction.

Amelie Nothomb

LifeImaginationHappyStupidYou

Workers all too frequently have been taking it on the chin. They're working hard and falling behind, all too frequently.

Tom Perez

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I enjoy the quiet life.

Martin Yan

LifeEnjoyQuietQuiet Life

My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

Luke Bryan

PathBetterGetting BetterDoing

As an artist, my wheelhouse is 19th-century literature. I want to write realist novels in a Victorian sense, and the writers I admire in that style tend to do omniscient narration.

Min Jin Lee

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I think we ought to all take a step back and remember where we were 24, 48 hours ago, a week ago, two weeks ago - the prospect that was hanging out there that America would not honor its obligations for the first time in its history, and the impact that would have on our economy and the global economy.

Jay Carney

HistoryTimeStepThinkImpactWeek

If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking.

Jose Gonzalez

HistoryPeopleThinkingProblemYou

I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.

Brigitte Bardot

I AmMeI CanPlayScreenOff

My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen.

Brian Tyree Henry

FatherVinylSeenCollectionsEver

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

Brian Tyree Henry

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