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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.

I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

Very few people deserted me when I went to prison. They stayed loyal.

God bless the Scots and their puritan upbringing,

From around his neck started to undo the buttons on the front of his

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

Pride has never been a virtue. There are some occasions on which it is wise to remain silent.

I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.

Vote tonight?" "I did not apply for

said Sloane, 'before Hakim Bishara buys the shares, giving

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

women are often blessed with more common sense than men.

I put Â£150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back Â£1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

Too frightened to set a precedent, but quite happy to pass the buck.

If you have to pay a bill, always make it look as if the amount is of no consequence.

Clifton, in life you get what you deserve, no more and certainly no less.

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

An unguarded comment often proves every bit as valuable as a response to a direct question.

Edgar Hoover? I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.

I prefer being up-and-coming. Gives us something to look forward to.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.

Steve mellon had told him that love was for poor suckers, and Richard had written on his steamed-up shaving mirror that morning, 'I must be penniless.

I've loved art for more than 30 years.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

Stop fussing, honey. It won't be the first time James has seen a man's stomach.
It's not the first time I've seen that one, thought James.

You can often judge the character of a person by the way he treats his fellow men.

If you've struck gold, why go in search of brass?

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.

With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor

One of the advantages of real worth is that menial tasks can always be left to someone else.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

No time like the present

If you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

Challenge every writ, and let it not be said of you, I walked a path but never left an imprint.

Parking space - 44 Eaton ... ? He flicked it quickly back

I have experienced both triumph and disaster, and, to quote Kipling, have treated those two imposters just the same.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

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.

All seemed to be in order. The boy had two legs, two arms, ten fingers, ten toes. Richard

The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat. - Old Jack

only a fool blames the messenger.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

You've made yourself more available than a whore in a Las Vegas casino.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

Pengelly looked away. 'See you both around twelve,

parting is such a sweet sorrow

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Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

If you've got a problem, sleep on it before you make a decision you might later regret. Things always look rosier in the morning.

Deakins is in my class but, frankly, he's in a different class.

Like a blind man, unaware of race or religion, he quickly discovered that prejudice was often taught at the breakfast table.

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.

the descent was going to be more difficult than the ascent.

coffin nails. Once Stan had left for

It pains me to think how much you are worth now."
"I can't tell you that. If you can count it, you haven't got any.

We all make mistakes but one has to move on.

stop for a drink, which made him feel

Next to Wainwright, who was already

A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?

Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position.

I do greatly admire Australian artists.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

Nearest gutter if he thought it would

When does that moment come, Emma wondered, when mothers stop kissing their children, and young men start kissing their mothers?

The agenda well in advance; the questions that would be asked, the replies that would be

Doesn't ability to do the job come into the equation?"
"Of course not, you fool," said Jimmy. "This is politics.

Here was a man, when comes such another?

The English are the biggest snobs on earth Harry.

Who Saddam Hussein kills, dies.

There is no true substitute for good education.

I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book.

We all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow,' she whispered
'That I shall say good night till it be morrow,' Harry replied.

You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you'll find the imprint of a coward.

For the Indians, cricket is not a game, it's a religion.

Fortune favours the brave

The fate of another man decided by a war they didnt declar

And, as there wasn't enough breakfast to go round, she set out hungry on the long walk to the docks.

No American must be allowed to die because he cannot afford to live.

I do have a built-in advantage,' said Giles. 'I am my father's son.

In the end, it all comes down to how you cope with the unforeseen.

The English and the Americans were divided by a common language.

We worked together, we studied together, we played together, but we slept alone.

Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone.

But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

The bastard. It's bad enough knowing he's stolen our money,but it's humiliating having to watch him spend it.

Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

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