Conn Iggulden Quotes
The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link to this girl who had my signature tattooed on her arm. I was like, 'Man, that's dedication. I'm sorry you did that.'
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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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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I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.
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I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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I always have been a busy person, doing my own housework, helping the Man of the Place when help could not be obtained; but I love to work. And it is a pleasure to write. And, oh, I do just love to play!
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Never trust a man who reads only one book.
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I personally don't like guns at all, so pointing a gun at someone or having a gun pointed at me makes me feel very unbecoming. I think they're a scourge.
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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
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It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.
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The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.
