Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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LearningHopePowerPastCurious

When all is said and done and the e-book is written about politics and the Internet, it is not going to be about the presidential election. It will be about the smaller elections in aggregate that have a huge effect on people's lives.

Joe Green

PoliticsPeopleInternetElection

I have trouble with things like Facebook. It presents such a warped vision. I get sick of people's opinions about every little thing and this warped view that everyone is as happy as a pig in garbage.

John Grant

VisionHappyPeopleSickViewPig

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

John Cleese

WorldBadTelevisionNowEnglish

I don't have any great ambition to go out and make money. But I am still fascinated in starting up businesses and starting it in a way and running in a way that I want to do it.

Michael Birch

GreatMoneyI AmAmbitionGoWant

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

Mercedes McCambridge

WorkProgressI AmPlayNothingTry

I've been standing at water coolers for the past thirty years talking to women about their love lives, and here's what I've learned: Eventually, most women I know want to be partnered.

Tracy McMillan

LoveWomenWaterPastTalkingKnow

I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about.

Mike Ross

DemocracyThinkAmericaPartyMean

He preaches well that lives well.

Miguel de Cervantes

WellHeLivesPreaches

No matter how much we tweet, blog and post, nothing in business is as powerful as actual face time with prospective business partners and customers.

Jay Samit

BusinessTimeFacePowerfulNothing

Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things.

Jose Ferreira

ThinkGrowYoungWillMinorityBuy

I grew up in a world of Officer Friendly. It was just the image I had.

DeRay Mckesson

WorldImageUpFriendlyJustHad

Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.

Dede Gardner

AgeMyselfRememberRockGrammar

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