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The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business.

Gregory David Roberts

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
Author
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Politics
Bigs
Force
Business
Ruthless
Cynical

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