Conn Iggulden Quotes
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
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I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
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You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.
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Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.
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Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The Internet seems to have killed American fashion in the sense that everybody has good style, but they also look vaguely the same.
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I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;Behind the clouds the sun is shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fall,Some days must be dark and dreary.
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The creative process doesn’t change much. When writing a song, you’re looking for melody, rhythm and words that people can relate to.
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... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
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Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don't really mean our immigration law.
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I was in character all the time when I was little.
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A past is comforting because it' certain.
