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Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

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Jeffrey Archer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 15
Member Of The House Of Lords
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Jeffrey Howard Archer
Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare
Jeffrey Howard Archer
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I've loved art for more than 30 years.
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The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.
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Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to write another novel, to write a new novel.
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I think when you've lost an election by 179, there's going to be a period of time after eighteen years in government when you can't do anything right, and people just kick you for the sake of it, will never admit they voted Conservative.
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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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Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.
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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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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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No time like the present
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I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
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And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.
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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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Chatterers are a menace.
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When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.
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Birth is life's first lottery ticket.
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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.
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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.
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With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor
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