Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
He was a Parisian. You can never be sure what Parisians believe in – beyond Paris of course.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
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If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.
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Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.
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I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with. I truly consider it what I was born to do. That kind of loops in with filmmaking on the whole, because when you create something, you're also wearing a lot more hats than just director. At the same time, I also think acting is something that's very powerful in my life.
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This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.
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I would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay.
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The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom.
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It is a very common failing, never to be pleased with our fortune nor displeased with our character.
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Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed.
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We must not stint Our necessary actions in the fear To cope malicious censurers, which ever, As rav'nous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new-trimmed, but benefit no further Than vainly longing.
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The only way to survive is to get back up.
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But then of course everything always happens for a reason.
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Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course.
