2nd Soldier: Do you mean that, as a General, you're not the tiniest bit ambitious for our military future? General: I prefer our military past. The h… - Peter Ustinov

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2nd Soldier: Do you mean that, as a General, you're not the tiniest bit ambitious for our military future? General: I prefer our military past. The harm's done and there it is. As for being a General, well, at the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords, we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

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About Peter Ustinov

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE FRSA (16 April 1921 – 18 March 2004), born Peter Alexander von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur.

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Alternative Names: Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov Peter Alexander Ustinov
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At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

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If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.

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