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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
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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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The mind is like an umbrella - it functions best when open.
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I'd love to have a fashion range; I've been dressed by the amazing Vivienne Westwood, and fashion is something I'm a huge fan of.
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All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.
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When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.
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Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle.
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
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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.
