Jeffrey Archer Quotes

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• Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

  Jeffrey Archer

  People, March, Hours

  Jeffrey Archer (2011). “Only Time Will Tell”, p.258, Pan Macmillan

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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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  Years, White, Black

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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.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Men, Skills, Two

  Jeffrey Archer (2009). “Paths of Glory”, p.72, Pan Macmillan

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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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  Book, Stories, May

  Jeffrey Archer (2012). “The New Collected Short Stories”, p.374, Pan Macmillan

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• Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

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  Preparation, Time Spent

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• Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

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  Kings, Energy, Assuming

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

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  Philosophical, Fool, Deals

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• Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Firsts, Tickets, Birth

  Jeffrey Archer (2014). “Be Careful What You Wish For”, p.96, Pan Macmillan

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• I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

  Jeffrey Archer

  Talking

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• 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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  Archer, Littles, Easier

  Jeffrey Archer (2008). “Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Real, Real Friends, Who Your Real Friends Are

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

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  Morning, Worst Moments, Waiting

  Jeffrey Archer (2011). “Only Time Will Tell”, p.67, Pan Macmillan

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• I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

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  Want, Rooms, Stranger

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• There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.

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  Defining Moments, Deposits, About Yourself

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

  Jeffrey Archer

  Suffering, Way, Different

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• Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Mistake, Made, Headlines

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

  Jeffrey Archer

  Decision, Spurs, Spur Of The Moment

  Jeffrey Archer (2009). “Sons of Fortune”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

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  Strong, Men, Weak Man

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• We all make mistakes but one has to move on.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Mistake, Moving, Making Mistakes

  "Archer: down under but not out" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2005.

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• I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

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  Grease, Fantastic, Stage

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• A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

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  Art, Pay, Art Is

  Jeffrey Archer (2014). “Be Careful What You Wish For”, p.131, Pan Macmillan

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• War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

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  War, Writing, Madden

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• When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

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  Three, Four, Prime

  "Brought to book". www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2001.

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• Chatterers are a menace.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Menace

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• But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Regret, Mistake, Thinking

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