Creative Quotations from . . .
Peter Ustinov
(1921-2004) born on
Apr 16
English "actor, author, producer, director". "He won Oscars as best supporting actor for "Spartacus," 1961 and "Topkap," 1965."
 
   
F
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door."

R
"Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well."
A
The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.
N
"And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well."
K
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Christian Science Monitor," 14 Nov 62"
R: "Dear Me," Ch. 20"
A: "International Herald Tribune (Paris, 12 March 1990)."
N: "Dear Me," Ch. 8"
K: "The General, in Romanoff and Juliet, act 1. The part of the General was played by Ustinov himself in the first production of the play."



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