Peter Ustinov Quotes

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Peter Ustinov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

Maya Lin

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There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

Robert Griffin III

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The best thing for my creative process is a deadline.

Jeff MacNelly

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As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box.

Angie Stone

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When I started to make music at the end of the '90s, I saw myself highly influenced by hip-hop and techno, but I wanted to apply these ideas to something from the local sound; something that had identity, that would say who we were and where we came from.

Steven Sater

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I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.

Rod Lurie

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Anne Wiazemsky wrote two books about her life with Jean-Luc Godard between 1966 and 1969. And I first read the second one, which is about the fall of their love story and their marriage. I immediately thought there was a movie to make with this book because it was so funny, and I thought the love story was very, very touching.

Michel Hazanavicius

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The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

Lorrie Fair

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Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.

Louis Farrakhan

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I founded Eventbrite when I was 25 and had exactly five professional years under my belt. Perspective was lacking; idealistic views were not. I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, and I'm beyond thrilled I took the leap from a comfortable corporate career into the abyss of founder-hood and entrepreneurship.

Julia Hartz

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Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

Joyce Brothers

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A certain amount of impatience may be useful to stimulate and motivate us to action. However, I believe that a lack of patience is a major cause of the difficulties and unhappiness in the world today.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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