Conn Iggulden Quotes
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I don't think even one per cent of the people in this world explore more than 10 per cent of all that this world has to offer. That's a shame!
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
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I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.
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I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
