Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

The vanishing of David Tang is like the unthinkable diappearance of a magnificent palace on a mythical mountaintop. He was a dreammaker, pianist, adventurer, writer, entrepreneur, scholar, connoisseur, and a great friend.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful.

Jenni Rivera

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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

John Locke

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I don't like producing. It's a lot of meetings you sit through that amount to nothing.

Matt LeBlanc

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Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries.

John T. Chambers

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I have no regrets about not having children. I still wait for the pang of guilt, but I have none. I tune into the television show 'Nanny 911' occasionally which reminds me how much patience and love it take to be a good parent.

Amanda Donohoe

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The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.

Topher Grace

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Scientific careers rely on inheritance, environment, and random events, like all biological phenomena.

Michael Rosbash

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My mom's an artist in every way. She's a painter, a photographer. She's a wanderer - always searching, always seeing. I guess you could say my mom gave me her eyes.

Jason Momoa

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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.

Don Cornelius

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Ultimately, at the end of the day, taking a chance on 'Power' is taking a chance on me.

Courtney A. Kemp

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I couldn't imagine not having clean water.

Chris Tucker

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We are seeing a new wave of young biologists that are attacking old problems with new tools and fresh ideas, leading to new types of bio startups and creating a much-needed engine to drive Silicon Valley into the next century.

Arvind Gupta

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