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Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity.

Robert Harris

Credit, Might, Wells

Robert Harris (2006). “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

Robert Harris

Soul, Vampire, Spiders

Robert Harris (1998). “Archangel: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated

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The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.

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Cutting, Technology, World

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You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

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War, Winning, Human Nature

"'A Writer Close to the Power Elite': Interview With Robert Harris". Interview with Christina Patterson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

Robert Harris

Writing, Heart, Stories

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In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

Robert Harris

Party, Personality, Way

"Robert Harris: 'I used to love politics. Not now'". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2010.

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That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.

Robert Harris

Fighting, Opportunity, Men

Robert Harris (2006). “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!

Robert Harris

Men, Wings, Soul

Robert Harris (2006). “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written.

Robert Harris

Book, Writing, Infinite

Robert Harris (2010). “The Ghost Writer”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

Robert Harris

History, Work Out, Together

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I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

Robert Harris

Morning, Writing, Together

"A little bit of politics". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

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For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Robert Harris

People, House, Gold

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In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be.

Robert Harris

Golf, Games, Two

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Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

Robert Harris

Writing, Trying, Four

"What's the story?" by Robert Harris, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.

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If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.

Robert Harris

Portraits, Would Be, Rich

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It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.

Robert Harris

"Robert Harris: 'The Ghost' of Tony Blair". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. October 31, 2007.

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It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

Robert Harris

Real, Writing, Done

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My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

Robert Harris

Regret, Able, Jokes

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My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

Robert Harris

Careers, Flukes, Unexpected

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One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

Robert Harris

Thinking, Leader, Scary

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Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.

Robert Harris

Influence, Huge

"A life in writing: Robert Harris". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

Robert Harris

Growing Up, Kids, Missing

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Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

Robert Harris

Thinking, Issues, Years

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To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.

Robert Harris

Girlfriend, Years, Sides

Robert Harris (2008). “The Ghost”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

Robert Harris

Writing, Political, Interest

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