Conn Iggulden Quotes
Why do you hurt me? What more do you want?” she asked, tears shining in her eyes. “Power over you, little one,” he said, smiling. “What does any man want but that? It is something in the blood of every one of us. We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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We're not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing.
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When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
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I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.
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If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody will say it's wrong.
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Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give it.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.
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I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
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When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
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I think my Italy career is over - it's only right they begin a new era without me. Besides, you have to run a lot under Conte!
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All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.
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Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well.
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Why do you hurt me? What more do you want?” she asked, tears shining in her eyes. “Power over you, little one,” he said, smiling. “What does any man want but that? It is something in the blood of every one of us. We would all be a tyrant if we could.
