Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.

Jimmy Reid

SocietyProfitRaceHumanVocabulary

I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.

Jet Li

LifeTruthGoTalkMoreStudy

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

John Grierson

TrainingWorldPersonalMatterWorst

I definitely believe in a higher power.

Michael J. Fox

PowerBelieveHigher PowerHigher

Political folk talk a lot these days about 'messaging' - a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians consciously characterize their efforts. It is only intended to be positive - i.e., 'Our messaging is designed to show we care.'

John Podhoretz

PositiveCarePoliticalWayTalk

Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

Steve Burke

GoodWorking TogetherTogetherJob

I can jump on to a kitchen worktop from standing, like Tigger. It was something my dad could do, and I copied it from him.

Tom Riley

KitchenI CanJumpHimSomething

Some people build fences to keep people out; some people build fences to keep people in.

Russell Hornsby

PeopleBuildSome PeopleOutKeep

Miami is one of these great places that is a really sensual, physically beautiful place.

Michael Mann

BeautifulGreatMiamiBeautiful Place

I definitely think when I'm feeling super down or having tantrums or not able to participate in any activities, I have to control myself. I have to tell myself, 'No, focus, focus, focus, do this, do this, do this.' Instead of shutting down, I encourage myself to think positively and move towards the light.

Jazz Jennings

LightMyselfFocusControlThink

If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I'm anxious about it, being an actor on television - it drives me insane. It just seems to be something that plays a central part in waking up in the morning and thinking, 'How am I with myself today?'

Deborah Mailman

LifeMorningTodayMyselfMeLook

Sometimes you hate villains, but you love that you hate them, and it finds this happy medium where you enjoy the process of loathing them so much that you want them to be there. It's such a weird, twisted thing that our minds do.

Chris Wood

LoveHateHappyProcessWeirdEnjoy

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