Jeffrey Archer Quotes
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.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I think I need security.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a loss of stability and security for average people, and therefore a certain hostility to quickly acquired wealth is from their point of view quite understandable at the first look.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
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People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did.
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
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I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews.
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I was raised thinking that the world would end in 1975 - that Armageddon would come when I was 18 years old.
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I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.
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Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
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I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.
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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.
