What did Robert Harris mean by: Politics is never a victory, it’s just the remorseless grinding forward of events. Robert Harris Author · England Copy
+ If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, Avoidance, Consequences, Mortality, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ The true currency of life is time, not money, and we’ve all got a limited stock of that. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Robert Harris, Limitations, Time, Value, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, Leadership, Resilience, Stability, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, History, Interpretation, Perception, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them! Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, Cynicism, Disillusionment, Insignificance, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ I write as well as I can. I’m a journalist at heart, so it’s the story that matters. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Robert Harris, Journalism, Storytelling, Writing, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ You can’t make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, Memory, Perspective, Understanding, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
+ Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name? Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Harris, Connection, Evolution, Identity, 0 Robert Harris Author · England
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France