Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
he had the startled-rabbit look that civilians get after five minutes of helping the police with their inquiries. If they stay calm for too long it’s a sign that they’re professional villains or foreign or just plain stupid. All of which can get you locked up if you’re not careful. If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it’s your safest bet.
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In India, it is difficult for a cricketer to show that he is under some kind of stress. Here, you can only retire when you don't want to play anymore, or the motivation is lacking.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
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Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.
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I … started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out.
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A theory is a very dangerous thing to have.
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Only God singing this song of you... makes true light... somehow possible.
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The standard of permanent Christianity must be kept clear in our minds and it is against that standard that we must test all contemporary thought. In fact, we must at all costs not move with the times.
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When women's consciousness was raised, women ended up seeing housework as their shit work ; when men's consciousness is raised, risking sexual rejection will be seen as the male shit work .
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Drunkenness is not only the cause of crime, but it is crime; and if any encourage drunkenness for the sake of the profit derived from the sale of drink, they are guilty of a form of moral assassination as criminal as any that has ever been practiced by the braves of any country or of any age.
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I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
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As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.
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It's definitely fun when you're able to translate your practice into the game. It's fun, and you know that your hard work paid off.
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he had the startled-rabbit look that civilians get after five minutes of helping the police with their inquiries. If they stay calm for too long it’s a sign that they’re professional villains or foreign or just plain stupid. All of which can get you locked up if you’re not careful. If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it’s your safest bet.
