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

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  Cutting, Technology, World

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• The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

  Robert Harris

  Men, Purpose, Natural

  Robert Harris (2003). “Pompeii”, Vintage

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• By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.

  Robert Harris

  Dawn, Sides, Inertia

  Robert Harris (2011). “Enigma”, p.257, Random House

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• If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way.

  Robert Harris

  Death, Long, Trying

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• Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?

  Robert Harris

  Men, Names, Doe

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

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• But only a fool sails into combat with nature

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  Fool, Combat, Sail

  Robert Harris (2003). “Pompeii”, Vintage

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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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• Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

  Robert Harris

  Men, Hands, Luxury

  Robert Harris (2008). “The Ghost”, p.418, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety.

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  Thinking, Anxiety, Zenith

  "Drawing Parallels Between Ancient Rome and the U.S. Today". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 22, 2006.

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

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  Portraits, Would Be, Rich

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• Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

  Robert Harris

  Tape, Stores, Scales

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• I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.

  Robert Harris

  Crazy, Thinking, Long

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

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• Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.

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  Thinking, Goes On, Way

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

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• [Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products.

  Robert Harris

  Tools, Boxers, Serious

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• Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

  Robert Harris

  Suicide, Feelings, Guilty

  Robert Harris (2008). “The Ghost”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• A police state is a country run by criminals

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  Running, Country, Police

  Robert Harris (1994). “Fatherland”, HarperPrism

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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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