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The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness - and the other represents oppression.

Rowan Atkinson

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Rowan Atkinson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 6
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Mr Bean
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
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