Conn Iggulden Quotes
Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.

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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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I think I'm going to be around awhile.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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I tend to stay away from the comics.
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When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
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I used to clean the sets and serve tea to the artistes.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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I remember the first time I heard 'The Thunder Rolls.' It was dark, and we were driving to the beach. There was the thunder outside and the thunder in the song. It was eerie.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character.
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Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.
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Have you considered that these prophecies were not divine revelations, but merely manipulation from some secular power?
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I will choose only the least harmful way for the country. And that is the greatest benefit I am conferring on the country by embracing Buddhism; for Buddhism is a part and parcel of Bhâratîya culture. I have taken care that my conversion will not harm the tradition of the culture and history of this land.'
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Whatever show is on, I dress in that designer's clothes. Some of them were totally unwearable.
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When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.
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When I think of our condition, my heart is heavy. I see men of my own race treated as outlaws and driven from country to country, or shot down like animals.
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I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.
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I've always been a great lover of baseball.
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Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.