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Robert Harris Quotes

If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way Picture Quote #1

If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium? Picture Quote #1

You can’t make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past Picture Quote #1

It is perfectly legitimate to write novels which are essentially prose poems, but in the end, I think, a novel is like a car, and if you buy a car and grow flowers in it, you’re forgetting that the car is designed to take you somewhere else Picture Quote #1

Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name? Picture Quote #1

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you’ve got £20 million, why keep going until you’ve got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold? Picture Quote #1

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Don’t try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours Picture Quote #1

Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don’t agree Picture Quote #1

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events Picture Quote #1

I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety Picture Quote #1

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power Picture Quote #1

I write as well as I can. I’m a journalist at heart, so it’s the story that matters Picture Quote #1

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It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money Picture Quote #1

It’s when you’ve stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you’re asleep, that the real work is done Picture Quote #1

My greatest regret as a writer is that I’ve never been able to include as many jokes as I’d like Picture Quote #1

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They’re too big, too fast. I think that’s quite scary Picture Quote #1

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we’ve all got a limited stock of that Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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You can’t ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can’t repeal human nature Picture Quote #1

That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship Picture Quote #1

What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason Picture Quote #1

By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question Picture Quote #1

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Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start Picture Quote #1

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election Picture Quote #1

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them Picture Quote #1

In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be Picture Quote #1

I’ve always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words together Picture Quote #1

A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written Picture Quote #1

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If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way (Robert Harris Quotes) If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium? (Robert Harris Quotes) You can’t make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past (Robert Harris Quotes) It is perfectly legitimate to write novels which are essentially prose poems, but in the end, I think, a novel is like a car, and if you buy a car and grow flowers in it, you’re forgetting that the car is designed to take you somewhere else (Robert Harris Quotes) Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name? (Robert Harris Quotes) For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you’ve got £20 million, why keep going until you’ve got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold? (Robert Harris Quotes) Don’t try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours (Robert Harris Quotes) Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don’t agree (Robert Harris Quotes) History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events (Robert Harris Quotes) I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety (Robert Harris Quotes) I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power (Robert Harris Quotes) I write as well as I can. I’m a journalist at heart, so it’s the story that matters (Robert Harris Quotes) It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money (Robert Harris Quotes) It’s when you’ve stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you’re asleep, that the real work is done (Robert Harris Quotes) My greatest regret as a writer is that I’ve never been able to include as many jokes as I’d like (Robert Harris Quotes) One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They’re too big, too fast. I think that’s quite scary (Robert Harris Quotes) The true currency of life is time, not money, and we’ve all got a limited stock of that (Robert Harris Quotes) 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 (Robert Harris Quotes) You can’t ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can’t repeal human nature (Robert Harris Quotes) That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar (Robert Harris Quotes) 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 (Robert Harris Quotes) To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship (Robert Harris Quotes) What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason (Robert Harris Quotes) By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question (Robert Harris Quotes) Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start (Robert Harris Quotes) You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election (Robert Harris Quotes) Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them (Robert Harris Quotes) In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be (Robert Harris Quotes) I’ve always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words together (Robert Harris Quotes) A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written (Robert Harris Quotes)

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