Conn Iggulden Quotes
The Buddha said, ‘Gripped by fear, men go to the sacred mountains and sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines.’ I am not afraid of death, my lady. I need no god to comfort me in my fear.
Quotes to Explore
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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I'm not as tech savvy as some YouTubers, but I'm a lot better than my grandparents. Whenever I have a technical question, or something isn't working, I ask Google, and that usually throws up the answer.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.
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It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism.
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However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.
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At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
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The Buddha said, ‘Gripped by fear, men go to the sacred mountains and sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines.’ I am not afraid of death, my lady. I need no god to comfort me in my fear.
