Peter Ustinov Short Quotes

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Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

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The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

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Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

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It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.

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Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

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If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

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I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.

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Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

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Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

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I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

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It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

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To all those who by accident or design, have not been included in this book.

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What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?

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It's hot. And there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor.

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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

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I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.

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To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

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The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

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This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place.

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A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

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Revolutions have never succeeded unless the establishment does three-quarters of the work.

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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

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Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

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The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

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