Jeffrey Archer Quotes
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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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.
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One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?'
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When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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Unless life is one giant rap battle, you don't need to freestyle your way to success.
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I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.
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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.
