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I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.
Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
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Camden
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov
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That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.
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Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals.
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Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.
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I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.
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As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.
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By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
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I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your - politeness.
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The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
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Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
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If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
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