Peter Ustinov Quotes
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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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.C. proper and have a chef's table where people can come and taste my food without having to have a catered event.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.
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I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
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Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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I have so many gay friends that I love.
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I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it's like that.
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests.
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Prizefighting is short. Get in. Get rich. Get out. But martial arts is for life. It's for life.
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Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time chasing something that ultimately doesn't exist.
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I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
