Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: June 27, 1965

Topics

Believe Long Will Real Naive Russia

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

Anna Deavere Smith

People Way Whose Profession Around

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.

Know Never Big Going Get Different

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

School New York Thought Doing Living

I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy.

Hate Gold Guy Sort

In Holland, there's a song that goes, 'Redheads - they know how to kiss.' But that's obviously not a song I made. I don't know who made that song.

Kiss Song Know Who Made How

We've outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that they're failing us.

Memories Trust Small Result Digital

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

Life Time Myself School Me Think

The possibility that lysosomes might accidentally become ruptured under certain conditions, and kill or injure their host-cells as a result, was considered right after we got our first clues to the existence of these particles.

Christian de Duve

Result Become First Right Existence

To me, racism is so played out and corny and stupid, especially in music, where you now have Nelly doing songs with Tim McGraw, on the hit single 'Over and Over.' Anyone who thinks about that just needs to get a life.

Life Music Racism Me Stupid Doing

My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is your family.' I can remember my mom, she tells me this story: when I was little, I was looking at her, and I was like, 'Why isn't my skin the same color as yours?' She was like, 'Oh, you're adopted, but I wish I had pretty brown skin like you.'

Colin Kaepernick

Family Time Parents Me Mom Looking

I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face. It's a really terrible way to start a show.

Start Face Doing Jump Way Turn

None of us are made to be worshipped, and when we take that in, we get sick.

Sick Take Us Get None Made

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore