Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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LeaderCharacterPowerDeathPlay

I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.

Jim Broadbent

CharacterLookingDoneAlwaysOut

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

Stefan Banach

BeautifulMathematicsPowerfulSpirit

Being the lowest one on the totem pole is sometimes the fun part to play.

Stephnie Weir

FunPlaySometimesBeingPartPole

I hated the reflection in the mirror. I wanted so much to be someone else... I thought that if I was thinner, the rest of my life would change.

Stephanie Klein

LifeChangeMirrorReflectionRest

I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and soon after the Olympic trials, Johann Olav Koss, who is a Norwegian speed-skater, called me up and asked me to be a part of Olympic Aid. Now Olympic Aid is Right to Play. It's a wonderful, narrow focus.

Summer Sanders

FocusMeTeamComebackPlayTrials

I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the questions, I offer solutions.

Roseanne Barr

ThinkQuestionsAskWhateverOffer

I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.

Diplo

SuccessWeirdAimWillSuccessful

I'm not as convinced as a lot of people are that man-made climate change is the threat they think it is.

Chris Stewart

ChangePeopleThinkClimate Change

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Portia de Rossi

CouragePeopleMeThinkingGayKnow

Sometimes you are lucky enough to get offered things, and there is no rhyme or reason. I am very lucky because I come from England, and you have a whole range of things offered to you, from television plays and shows and theatre, so much more to explore, so it's never really money.

Peter Morgan

MoneyI AmTheatreEnoughYouLucky

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

Pearl S. Buck

LifeTruthSpeakTruth IsWithout

A lot of us spend our lives assuming we are going to get around to those things we want to do.

Sean Patrick Maloney

WantThingsAssumingUsGoingGet

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