Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.

Peter Ustinov's Popular Quotes

All the hideously calculated hypocrisy of men when they commit a murder in the name of justice. Then it's the time of death on a grander scale, the h…

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If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

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I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

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Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.

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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

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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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To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

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Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

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