Peter Ustinov Quotes
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
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I was doing quite well in Malaysia... Everyone was so excited about my music, and they started accepting me as an artist.
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The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
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'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
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Who does understand life?
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.
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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
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We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.
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A woman's desire is either terrifying, or it's ignored.
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I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
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Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.
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It has seemed to me that our search for this mysterious factor of difference must lead to the conclusion that it was not a single factor but the united workings of at least three forces, that brought about the wide difference.
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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
