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You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.
Robert Harris
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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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