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I have always believed that there should be no subject about which one cannot make jokes, religion included. Clearly, one is always constricted by contemporary mores and trends because, after all, what one seeks above all is an appreciative audience.

Rowan Atkinson

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Rowan Atkinson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 6
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