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I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order no

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. – Peter Ustinov

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I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. – Peter Ustinov

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At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords were all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. – Peter Ustinov

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Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. Thats what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. – Mark Boal

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I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didnt have time to play. – Li Na

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Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult. – Anthony Daniels

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