Conn Iggulden Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.
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The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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When you work with somebody, either the puzzle piece fits, or it doesn't.
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
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Develop and build your business’s personality that stands out. People want to buy from people.
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Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves.
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I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.
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If you had been there, you would have beshit yourself, believe me.
