"Orwell has always been a huge influence on…" — Robert Harris
"Orwell has always been a huge influence on me."
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62 Quotes by Robert Harris
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In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling…
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Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting…
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I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in…
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A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound.…
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The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.
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Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most…
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What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!
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Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for…
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It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only…
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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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You find out what you think by talking to yourself.
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Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to…
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