Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

With popular rulers, the wife can become the guardian of their greatness: Peter the Great was succeeded by his wife, Catherine I. Sometimes the wives are an improvement.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me.

Andrea Bocelli

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I don't believe that when you are 25 you are over the hill. Fifty is the new 30.

Michael Flatley

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When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

Stanley Clarke

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I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually when they have a very, very, very good film, and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

Stellan Skarsgard

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If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle.

Rob Portman

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I've no doubt about the attitude of the players. Everything moves quickly in football; we coaches move on quickly from victory and defeat.

Julen Lopetegui

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I love 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really love that world. I love that style. I love all the actors on it.

Chris Messina

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I love getting out of the Q train at Union Square. It's such a mix of people, like a party. There's always an errand you can do along there, whether it's picking up contacts or buying poker chips.

Colson Whitehead

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Neil Gaiman is a star. He constructs stories like some demented cook might make a wedding cake, building layer upon layer, including all kinds of sweet and sour in the mix.

Clive Barker

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What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

Chuck Close

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There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.

Arnold Bennett

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I don't look at 'Deadpool' and think, 'Oh, that's a perfect movie.' I look at it and go, 'Oh, God, there's so much stuff I could do better.'

Tim Miller

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