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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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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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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I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
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I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.
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…ibi boni mores valent quam alibi bonae leges. 2
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We never love someone. We just love the idea we have of someone. It's a concept of ours - summing up, ourselves - that we love.
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When you're portraying someone that really existed, there has to be a time as an actress where you leave reality and move into the fantasy world so you can do your job of creating a character.
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I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
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I've always been a relaxed person on set, but I think the main thing is I think about it from an editing point of view way more than I did before.
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Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.
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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.
