Conn Iggulden Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.
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The Garden of Wonders project encompasses the knowledge that Be Open has accumulated over the years of work on different continents and different spheres.
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When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.
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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
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The circus is a global theme. It exists in all parts of the world - maybe not in Africa, but it exists in Asia in all parts. In Latin America, it's difficult to find a person who hasn't gone to the circus.
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The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.
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Mr. Augustus Minns was a bachelor, of about forty as he said - of about eight-and-forty as his friends said. He was always exceedingly clean, precise, and tidy: perhaps somewhat priggish, and the most retiring man in the world.
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Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.
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It's rewarding to know that I have young people in the gym who have the same goals as I had, and now I can help them reach those goals.
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Normally, banks record profits on loans only as they are repaid, whether they securitize the loans or hold them on their books.
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I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have Christmas every day!
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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
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I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.
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Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.
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There was great comraderie among players and coaches. We enjoyed the time we were together... road trips were fun. I don't know that there was one moment that stood out among all the good times we had.
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I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything.
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Whoever controls the heart of the land, controls the world
