Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
Rule of policing number one – when something good falls into your lap, pass it up the chain of command as quickly as possible before something else bad can happen.
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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
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It's like there's some unwritten rule that if you're mates, you can say what you want to each other, and you don't really get that annoyed about it.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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They should rule who are able to rule best.
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The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.
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A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit.... A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.
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I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time build a state that is-regardless of how unscientific this may sound to the ears of a political scientist-humane, moral, intellectual and spiritual, and cultural.
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The thing I want to emphasize is this: We haven't done one thing that anybody else can't do. We have certain rules in the league. Here's the cap, here's the numbers, here's what you can spend. So everybody in the league can do what we're doing. It's just that many choose not to.
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There's no rule that everyone has to change.
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I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
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A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.
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I do not subscribe to any rigid and mechanical rule ... I intend to be flexible and to learn from experience.
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To the extent to which we believe in this world, we are heir to the laws which rule this place.
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I also think there has to be real guidance, ... So they can rule and tell people and give them guidance before they take a trip about what's right and what's acceptable.
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The rule is not written anywhere, it's not etched in any - but, I mean, that's the prevailing attitude of this entire society. Don't have an adventure.
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When it comes to God's commands, the issue is not clarity; it's commitment.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.
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Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.
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Rule of policing number one – when something good falls into your lap, pass it up the chain of command as quickly as possible before something else bad can happen.
