Peter Ustinov Quotes

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Peter Ustinov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004

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One of my biggest intellectual influences in my life was Alex Karp of Palantir.

Joe Lonsdale

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Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but he introduced a form of Islam that would communicate with the people he had to deal with. He was the king to those who had no king, and he was the messiah to those some people thought unworthy of a messiah.

John Henrik Clarke

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Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

Jefferson Davis

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The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

Johnnie Cochran

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As far as being a deliveryman is concerned, I see nothing wrong with being a delivery man. You know, black or white or Hispanic or Chinese or whatever, you know? It's a job.

Meshach Taylor

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I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

Tony Visconti

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The EPA code needs to set forth a clear, regular, and rational system of penalties for violations of its code, with the amount of the penalty set in proportion to the amount of pollutant released by a given defendant, and no penalties imposed in the absence of any pollutant released.

Robert Zubrin

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I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress.

Mila Kunis

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My work caused me to interview hundreds of women about their lives and their problems.

Judith Krantz

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It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.

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Why do something that's already been done?

Brian Azzarello

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

William James

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