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Peter Ustinov

"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first."

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"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first."

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"Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out."

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"To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation."

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"I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media."

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"I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning."

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"Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people."

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"The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform."

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"Help is even being offered from across the ocean, as over two dozen countries have stepped forward to offer financial and material support to the American people."

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