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1 " I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. "
― Peter Ustinov
2 " If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. "
3 " Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well. "
4 " Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship. "
5 " Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious "
6 " Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. "
7 " Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. "
8 " If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue. "
9 " At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. "
10 " Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. "
11 " In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. "
12 " Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit. "
13 " Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. "
14 " Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares "
15 " Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. "
16 " It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously. "
17 " I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool, an optimist must know what a sad place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. "
18 " The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. "
19 " The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come "
20 " Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. "
