Peter Ustinov Quotes
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Peter Ustinov
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
Ian Mckellen
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
Bat for Lashes
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
Venus Williams
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
Tarvaris Jackson
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
Natalie Martinez
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
Yaya Toure
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
Gaby Hoffmann
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
Gabourey Sidibe
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It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.
A. N. Wilson
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
Tara Strong
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
Gabrielle Aplin
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The American public believes the Founding Fathers were close to infallible and that, while our political system has its faults, it functions far better than other democracies. But is it true?
Elizabeth Flock
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Yes, it is frustrating to listen to those who foment fear, suspicion and intolerance, who don't know the mistakes of history, and are in the midst of repeating them. Have faith that the character of the American people as a whole is such that, in the end, we will choose not to drink this brand of soiled milk.
Jeh Johnson
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You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
Andrew Denton
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I'm bored' is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of.
Louis C. K.
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Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.
Aristotle
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Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Peter Ustinov
