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" The Russian Revolution mobilized a popular passion across the world based on Marxism-Leninism, fueled by messianic zeal. It was, perhaps, after the three Abrahamic religions, the greatest millenarian rapture of human history. "

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" The vanishing of David Tang is like the unthinkable diappearance of a magnificent palace on a mythical mountaintop. He was a dreammaker, pianist, adventurer, writer, entrepreneur, scholar, connoisseur, and a great friend. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Great

Friend

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

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Stalin

Modern

Dictators

" The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. "

" I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. "

" I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn. "

" I always wanted to write a history of Jerusalem. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Write

Always

History

" The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. And so, since nobody eats that stuff, every year there's a ton of it left over. "

Lewis Black

America

History

" We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. "

John F. Kennedy

Once

Live

" History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. "

" I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history. "

" History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. "

" I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. "

" It's a very good historical book about history. "

" I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums. "

" I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me. "

" Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. "

" History is a vast early warning system. "

" To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. "

" Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. "

" Russia is so feudal in its system of patronage and reward that it is virtually impossible for a leader to hand over power without controlling his successor or at least receiving an exemption from prosecution - something Mr. Putin granted his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, in 1999. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Reward

Leader

Power

" When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history. "

" Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest. "

" The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. "

" The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled. "

" Sometimes - history needs a push. "

" After the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian influence collapsed, and Moscow came to bitterly resent the Western interventions that destroyed Mr. Hussein and Colonel Qaddafi. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Influence

Soviet

Union

" There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with. "

" There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. "

" We have far too many Tudors. Henry VIII is far too over-rated. He's become the ultimate brand name, like the Marks & Spencers of a high street of British history. I'm more interested in King Herod. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Street

History

King

" In 1918, a police chief of Jerusalem was a Montefiore. "

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Chief

Police

Jerusalem