Mary Archer quotes
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“I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write.”
-- Mary ArcherSource : "Mary Archer transcript: 'Very little surprises me, I have to say'". Interview with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2001.
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“Marriage is... OK, it's rooted and grounded on love and attraction.”
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“It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.”
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“I do mind some of the intrusions on privacy.”
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“I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.”
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“I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and personal fulfillment is that the plain fact of the matter is that those feelings don't last for ever and so they better be replaced and reinforced by things that do.”
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“I think we explored the further reaches of for better or for worse than some other married couples.”
-- Mary ArcherSource : "Lady Archer defends her man". Mary Archer's speech on Lord Archer's perjury trial at the witness box at the Old Bailey in London, www.dailymail.co.uk. June 30, 2001.
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to die.”
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“I've gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.”
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Source : "Henning Von Tresckow: Ein Preuße Gegen Hitler". Book by Bodo Scheurig, 1980.
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“The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.”
Source : "Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?" by Barry Sautman, Yan Hairong, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2010.
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