This does not mean there are not rule breakers and iconoclasts everywhere, because there are.

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Coming from a different generation from Han sees himself more aligned with artists rather than political iconoclasts.

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And iconoclasts, especially successful ones, have an "affinity for new experiences, " according to the Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns.

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As befits iconoclasts, the Reformers pick their nominee by direct popular vote (not via delegates, as the main parties do).

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The global industries that have done well in the past decade - particularly those in the digital economy - seem to reward risk-takers, iconoclasts and creative thinkers.

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Fangoria had a deep bench when it came to iconoclasts.

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By contrast, the new left including the Cabinet Office ministers Oliver Letwin and Francis Maude, and the backbencher Nick Boles are iconoclasts who define themselves by their zeal for giving power away.

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One question this raises, the authors concede, is just how essential management education is indeed, the success of iconoclasts like Bill Gates might suggest that a lack of formal management training was a positive advantage in becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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One answer, from iconoclasts such as Mitch McConnell, the Republican senator from Kentucky, and Newt Gingrich, the Republican speaker of the House (which has yet to look at campaign finance), is to argue for a spending free-for-all, on the ground that politicians will otherwise have to be millionaires, able to spend their own money to any limit in order to get elected.

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