Conn Iggulden Quotes
Most cannot lead—the idea terrifies them. Yet for those like you and me, there is no greater joy than knowing there is no help coming. The decision is ours alone.
Quotes to Explore
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A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.
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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Launching a successful product or startup has little to do with luck. Any business that gains traction on the market is the result of very careful strategizing and market analysis, not to mention the development of an original product or service.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture of poverty' became associated uniquely with the social maladies of African Americans in urban ghettos, despite the fact that poor whites outnumbered poor blacks.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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Some time ago, the United States was an English colony. If an Englishman were asked if the United States would be independent, he would have said no, that it would always be an English colony.
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The idea of the elite as composed of men and women having a finer moral character is an ideology of the elite.
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process in the system to surface information and generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision-maker. That's something that has to be attended to right away.
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The room is there for the human being - not the human being for the room.
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All of the men on my staff can type.
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As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.
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Most cannot lead—the idea terrifies them. Yet for those like you and me, there is no greater joy than knowing there is no help coming. The decision is ours alone.
