Conn Iggulden Quotes
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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To win a major championship - I think, at the end of the day, that's what a golfer's career is based upon.
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense of surroundings and ecology, urban or country, or foreign, living in Europe, very affected by all of that.
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There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.
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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
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I don't want my children to have any kind of ego or entitlement because of what I do. I want them to be good people, and we fight every day so that they'll be that way.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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The hurt means you loved someone. That you really loved someone.
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My entertainment was going to the local dollar movie theatre on the weekend, where I watched old black and white movies. If you wanted current movies, you had to drive to the big city.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
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Let us accept each coming day and make the best possible choices
