Conn Iggulden Quotes
Temujin snorted. "Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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I don't think you will meet anyone in Israel who will ever burn the American flag.
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I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble.
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End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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With the right kind of financing, I think we can grow by 100 percent per year.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer.
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There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing, and there was a good one round the corner and me and my brother just watched everything, from the horror to the European art-house.
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I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.
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Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.
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Temujin snorted. "Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.
