Conn Iggulden Quotes
A man must always have the final choice in life and in death. Anything else can be taken from him, but never that.

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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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We tend to forget in the West that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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Social peace requires reciprocity.
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I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.
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I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
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We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
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The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.
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I get up early, go to bed late, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. And I pray a lot.
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I really don't know why we need a whole month dedicated to blacks. It's not like they're the only ones that suffered. I mean, what about us whites? We're the ones that have to deal with these monkeys everyday, but you don't see us demanding a whole month to ourselves.
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The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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This is the moment — this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s not about impressing people. It’s not about getting the next job. It’s about contributing something.
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A man must always have the final choice in life and in death. Anything else can be taken from him, but never that.