Quote by Rowan Atkinson
But, actually, so many of the clerics that Ive met, particularly t

But, actually, so many of the clerics that Ive met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society. – Rowan Atkinson

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I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. Im not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And Im certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions. – Rowan Atkinson

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funny
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the 50s and 60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mothers Morris Minor. I drove it around my fathers farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years. – Rowan Atkinson

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car
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. – Rowan Atkinson

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My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Society

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid its also in the system, the society. – James Hillman

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Society

Ive used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large. – Tim Robbins

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Fame is proof that the people are gullible. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Medicine heals the body, meditation heals the soul. Medicine is outwardly, meditation is inwardly. And man is whole only when medicine and meditation are together in deep harmony. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. – John Kenneth Galbraith, Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went

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Movies such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in 1939 to Dave in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen – decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness. – Ron Fournier

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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. – Socrates

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