Robert Harris Quotes - Page 3

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• People perish. Books are immortal.

  Robert Harris

  Book, People, Pompeii

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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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• But only a fool sails into combat with nature

  Robert Harris

  Fool, Combat, Sail

  Robert Harris (2003). “Pompeii”, Vintage

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• A police state is a country run by criminals

  Robert Harris

  Running, Country, Police

  Robert Harris (1994). “Fatherland”, HarperPrism

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

  Robert Harris

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

  Robert Harris

  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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• 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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