Conn Iggulden Quotes
The point of war is to win, Kachiun. It does not matter how we do it, or how long it takes.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.
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I am basically a private person.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
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I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.
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The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).
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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
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I write about true-life type things.
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A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.
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I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
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There's only one thing I still haven't done and that's win (the championship). That's the only thing I want now.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
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The point of war is to win, Kachiun. It does not matter how we do it, or how long it takes.
