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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.

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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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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.
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