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Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

Saddam Hussein admired, studied, and copied Stalin, the paragon of modern dictators.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Modern Dictators Copied Saddam

When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

People Me You Look Cry Genuine

If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude.

Gratitude You Down Way Write Out

When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30.

Melissa Joan Hart

Myself First Out Got Remind Turning

It wasn't until my teenage years that a book really left a mark, and that was George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' It was on the syllabus at school when I was about 16, and I went on to read more of his books. It was the height of the Cold War, so a lot of the messages really resonated at the time.

Time School War Book Cold Height

You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

Good Yourself Think Doing Acting

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

Matthew Simpson

Truth Conflict Wrong Human Right

I call my parents twice a day when I'm away.

Day Parents Twice Call Away

Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of the supreme nut jobs in movie history, and of course I mean that in the nicest way.

History Way Mean Course Supreme Nut

If the work requires smart, talented, creative people, then more than anything, you want to enable folks on the team to create.

Steven Sinofsky

Work Creative Smart People Team You

When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A Tribe Called Quest.

School High School Hip-Hop My Own

We didn't build the modern country to be bike-friendly - our initial round of infrastructure was not designed to think about how to get around if you're not in a car. So we've got to be targeting resources, both nationally and locally, to how people are going to get around in the new world.

Car People World Think You Country

As a parent, you just want to really make sure your kids understand what you are trying to say as much as their maturity level will allow them to.

Maturity Parent Trying You Say Want

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