Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
The voice belonged to a plump, round-faced woman of the sort that develops a good personality because the alternative is suicide.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.
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To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole.
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I still have never met Harry Saltzman, and was told he is quite unpleasant.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about him basically saying, 'Well, you know, he's controversial.' It's like, 'No, he's a dangerous idiot who needs the help of a good psychiatrist!'
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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
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In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.
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I think the only consistent thing is that I like projects that explore different social themes. 'Our Family Wedding' is a comedy, but it deals with two different cultures coming together. It's also about people letting go.
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I found 'Celebrity Gangster' intense, dramatic, a real page turner.
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I grew up very Catholic. I wanted to be a priest.
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I love fashion and beauty and all those things, I still do but I think that it has changed the shift, that the greed is ruling the planet right now.
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Toto, I don't think we're talking white-socks-and-sandals any more.
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Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.
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An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.
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It is often too late by the time the government reacts.
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The voice belonged to a plump, round-faced woman of the sort that develops a good personality because the alternative is suicide.
