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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Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.
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Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an opinion, and that's all it is. You are here to educate the watcher or the viewer. Sometimes it comes off as personal. I don't ever want to come off like that. My opinion is my opinion about someone.
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Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.
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High-stakes lying is out of control. And it's costing us big bucks in one way or another. It's not simply a matter of quantifying losses in dollars. It's costing us emotionally and psychologically as well.
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It's true that the French have a certain obsession with sex, but it's a particularly adult obsession. France is the thriftiest of all nations; to a Frenchman sex provides the most economical way to have fun. The French are a logical race.
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Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.
