Jeffrey Archer Quotes

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The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

Jeffrey Archer
Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

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It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.

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We all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

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While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

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I was unemployed with debts of £400,000. I know what unemployment is like and a lot of it is getting off your backside and finding a job.

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If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

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I'm what you might call centre-right but I've always disliked the right wing as much as I've disliked the left wing.

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It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.

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The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.

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I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

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If I am given the privilege of becoming the first democratically elected Lord Mayor I'll never write another book.

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