Conn Iggulden Quotes
I am the land, the bones of the hills," he said fiercely, "I am the winter. When I am dead, I will come for you all in the coldest nights.
Quotes to Explore
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.
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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
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I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.
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How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who come along; and how very desirable to be a stolid individual, whose hopes and aspirations are safe in one's waistcoat pocket, and that a pocket indeed, and one not to be picked!
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The government, with its bayonets, will learn in a single Winter how powerless are armed forces against the will of a united determined, and self-reliant nation.
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Anything that is not growing is dead.
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When I am gone, I do not want men to say Look at his piles of wealth, his cities, his palaces and fine clothes.” Genghis paused for a moment. “Instead I want them to say Make sure he is truly dead. He is a vicious old man and he conquered half the world.
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Winter is our time. They shut up their cities for the cold months. They put their horses in stables and sit around great fires in enormous houses of stone. If you want a bearskin, do you attack in summer when it is strong and fast, or cut its throat as it sleeps?
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I am the land, the bones of the hills," he said fiercely, "I am the winter. When I am dead, I will come for you all in the coldest nights.
