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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I don't really believe in evil at all.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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I have made it a point to reach out to the masses personally - so I am there as a symbol for the masses.
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A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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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.
