Conn Iggulden Quotes
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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I don't use emojis. I go vintage.
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The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.
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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
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We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.
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When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced!
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.
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The greatest preventative to terrorism is Muslim religious literacy.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
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To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.
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There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
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Love is the feeling of everything I write and it's like my driving force for everything.
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Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.
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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
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If Chicago had been hit, I assure you New Yorkers would not have cared. What was stunning when New York was hit was how the rest of America rushed to New York's defense. New Yorkers would have been like, 'It's tough for them; now let's go back to our Calvin Klein fashion shows.'
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You have a mighty army, but the greatest force is the one that you don't have to use.
