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If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

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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