Jeffrey Archer Quotes

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.

Jeffrey Archer

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• You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
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• It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Career
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  • Easy

• I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
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• Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
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• It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

  

  Zach LaVine
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• In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
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• Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Life
  • Dreams
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• You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Love
  • Enemy
  • Lies

• I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'

  

  Patrick deWitt
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• When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
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• I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

  

  Nadine Labaki
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• Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
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• I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.

  

  Dani Shapiro
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• Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
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• I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
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• When I started acting, everyone told me to get a backup in case it didn't work out; if there was something else I could have done, I would have done it. Acting should never be your chosen path if you can help it.

  

  Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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• Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,When thought is speech, and speech is truth.

  

  Walter Scott
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• My native country was full of youthful promise; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age.

  

  Washington Irving
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• I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water.

  

  John Sayles
  • America
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  • Water

• I suppose what I can say is that I do feel I have a natural spiritual sensibility.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
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• What makes an officer's job all the more difficult, dangerous, and demanding is that it rests on upholding that sacred trust with citizens that he or she serves. Nevertheless, I ask every officer in Chicago: reflect on your work, your training, your experience and - to be honest - about the fears and frustrations you bring to that job.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
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• But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'

  

  Felicity Jones
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• Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen.

  

  Dustin Diamond
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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.

  

  Jeffrey Archer