"Irrespective of nationality, soldiers are always open to……" — Peter Ustinov
"Irrespective of nationality, soldiers are always open to the same discomfort and to the same comradeship the world over. I'll make things easy for you if you make things easy for me. That is, after all the unwritten law of the barracks."
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Peter Ustinov
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77 Quotes by Peter Ustinov
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