Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
It was chintz but not the cat-lady chintz I was used to. Perhaps it was Mrs. Bellrush’s manner or steely blue eyes but I got the distinct impression that this was aggressive chintz, warrior chintz, the kind of chintz that had gone out to conquer an Empire and still had the good taste to dress for dinner. Any IKEA flat-pack that showed its face around here was going to be kindling.

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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.
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We're trying to always expand Smosh and make Smosh a big thing.
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India should be an exporter of technology.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value.
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.
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On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
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I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
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This family at Barbour, they've made me feel very welcome.
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Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag.
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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Chance explorations on search engines do not 'accidentally' lead users to extremist websites.
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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
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I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
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claire:dont do anything dumb or ill kill you myself shane:ouch girl whatever happend to unconditional love around here
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation and from cruelty to compassion.
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You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
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It was chintz but not the cat-lady chintz I was used to. Perhaps it was Mrs. Bellrush’s manner or steely blue eyes but I got the distinct impression that this was aggressive chintz, warrior chintz, the kind of chintz that had gone out to conquer an Empire and still had the good taste to dress for dinner. Any IKEA flat-pack that showed its face around here was going to be kindling.