Conn Iggulden Quotes

A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.

Conn Iggulden

• Man
• Fear
• Pride
• Conquering

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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.

  

  Randall Park
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• My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

  

  Kailash Kher
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• I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.

  

  Patricia Heaton
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• If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Time
  • Great
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• I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Truth

• I would have wanted to be a rock star, a lead singer, if I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Life
  • Band
  • Rock

• I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.

  

  Gallant
  • Something
  • Loved
  • Very

• I love zoo sanctuaries.

  

  Nancy Travis
  • I Love
  • Zoo
  • Sanctuaries

• My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these forms and to put them together in a way that keeps your interest, to give the forms a quirky identity so you can engage with them, so you realize there's an inner intelligence or logic.

  

  Caio Fonseca
  • World
  • Real
  • Job

• During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Live
  • Years
  • London

• Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • People
  • Movie
  • Walking

• I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.

  

  Parker Young
  • Confidence
  • Smart
  • Humor

• I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Women
  • American
  • Dream

• I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Hate
  • Religion
  • Easy

• I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.

  

  Jack Paar
  • God
  • Mind
  • Bad

• Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

  

  Kate Voegele
  • Life
  • Singing
  • Tree

• I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Up
  • Different
  • Words

• To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Night

• I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Heart
  • Love

• Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

  

  Sally Ride
  • American
  • Space
  • Responsibility

• I was the offbeat character that had to kiss the offbeat boys and, ugh, some of the boys they brought in. There was one boyfriend in particular, we had to climb a mountain, and he was just weird and awful, and I hated it. So the producers left a big bag of Hershey Kisses after that taping saying, "Here are some kisses you will actually enjoy. Thanks for doing this." Isn't that so nice?

  

  Andrea Barber
  • Character
  • Nice
  • Weird

• I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

  

  Lucinda Williams

• A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.

  

  Conn Iggulden
  • Man
  • Fear
  • Pride