Peter Ustinov Quotes
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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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.
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I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
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I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am.
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I cherished the dream of a country embracing all its people.
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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.
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I may be called upon to address the company. No one will listen, of course, which is just as well, since I have nothing to say.
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If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.
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Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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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.
