Conn Iggulden Quotes
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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I want to write songs and play them for people - live.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.
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Indians are sometimes accused of being condescending toward Westerners and of being excessively preachy in their attitude toward other nations. That accusation is sometimes correct.
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The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger.
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If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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The one sound I think of when I think about dreaming is the harp glissando, which is this really atmospheric run up and down the scale that's really dreamy.
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I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.
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If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited about doing, so I didn't think the overall risk was anywhere near as high as what the reward was.
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It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death. (1 April 1939)
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And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.
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Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effect of inculcating the former into a culture of criminality common among the latter, making them more of a risk to public safety upon release than when they originally went in.
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Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.
