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The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov
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Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
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The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
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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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