Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
Like a lot of London, Richmond town centre had been laid out back when town planning was something that happened to other people.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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You never know what the future brings.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.
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We live in a society where nothing is sacred.
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Nothing in life is promised except death.
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I definitely see myself continuing to transition into more acting roles. I'll always be a coach. I'm always going to have a training center, always going to work with guys that are looking for some input and want help. I love commentating, and that's something I can always go back to and enjoy doing.
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Duran is a mythological figure in Latin America. He grew up in a time of turbulence because Panama was basically occupied by the United States. So he felt obliged to fight Americans in the ring. He felt the whole pride of his country and the need for cultural and political emancipation in his hands.
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You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.
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My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.
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I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the area where the Frankensteins and the Draculas came from and it was entertainment for the people. Nobody had TV, and that was the way peasants would entertain themselves, by telling these stories.
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Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.
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Like a lot of London, Richmond town centre had been laid out back when town planning was something that happened to other people.
