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Be Careful What You Wish For (The Clifton Chronicles, #4) Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer
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“A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“You’re so bossy.” “Why is a woman always described as bossy, when if a man did the same thing he’d be thought of as decisive, commanding and displaying qualities of leadership?”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“An unguarded comment often proves every bit as valuable as a response to a direct question.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”
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“If you've struck gold, why go in search of brass?”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“In any conversation, it's often something that seems quite insignificant at the time that gives you the piece of information you're looking for.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“birth is life’s first lottery ticket.”
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“stop for a drink, which made him feel”
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“not a single woman”
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“Sir Alan Redmayne believed in the rule of law. It was, after all, the basis of any democracy. Whenever asked, Sir Alan agreed with Churchill that, as a form of government, democracy had its disadvantages, but, on balance, it remained the best on offer. But given a free hand, he would have opted for a benevolent dictatorship. The problem was that dictators, by their very nature, were not benevolent. It simply didn’t fit their job description.”
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“but he still wasn’t sure how to respond to the English obsession with the weather.”
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“own moral standards. It was just a pity that Major Fisher had no standards, and Don Pedro Martinez no morals.”
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“I have experienced both triumph and disaster, and, to quote Kipling, have treated those two imposters just the same.”
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“Susan Fisher”
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“Only Sebastian really knew what she was going through. Her demons, as she called them. Jessica never stopped chattering whenever they were on their own, but the moment she became the centre of attention, like a tortoise she slipped back into her shell, hoping no one would notice her.”
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“deal with all four of them in one masterful stroke. Sir Alan Redmayne believed in the rule of law. It was,”
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“You are so silly sometimes, Jess. I fell in love with you, and I don’t give a damn who your”
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“e-ISBN 9781250034472”
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“spilled their blood on European soil,”
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“few even have a woman on the board.”
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“when mothers stop kissing their children, and young men start kissing their mothers?”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“was asking himself long before he’d”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“Why is a woman always described as bossy, when if a man did the same thing he’d be thought of as decisive, commanding, and displaying qualities of leadership?”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“He remained silent for the rest of the journey, having been made painfully aware that birth is life’s first lottery ticket. Tom”
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“seen”
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“We should, of course, look back with pride on our colonial empire, but be willing at the same time to grasp the nettles of opportunity.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“When does that moment come, Emma wondered, when mothers stop kissing their children, and young men start kissing their mothers?”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For
“Noche.”
Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For

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