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Artificial glamor-false eyelashes, that sort of thing-usually is put on to hide a vacuum. The most beautiful face can only look vacuous if it masks an empty head.

Peter Ustinov

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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
Actor
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Comedian
Film Director
Film Producer
Playwright
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Writer
Camden
England
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov
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Vacuums
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Face
Artificial
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Vacuous
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Eyelashes
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