Peter Ustinov
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
-Peter Ustinov
age
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
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best
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
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courage
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
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faith
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
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forgiveness
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
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freedom
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
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funny
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
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future
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
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humor
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
-Peter Ustinov
love
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
-Peter Ustinov
music
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
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nature
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
-Peter Ustinov
religion
I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.
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sad
The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.
-Peter Ustinov
truth
The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.
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truth
Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.
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wedding
Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.
-Peter Ustinov
women
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
-Peter Ustinov
work
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