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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
Rowan Atkinson
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Rowan Atkinson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 6
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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!
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I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do.
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