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You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

Robert Harris

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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.
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The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.
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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.
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Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.
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