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I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.
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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I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.
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I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.
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