Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
It gave me “the eye”—the fearsome gaze that sheepdogs use to keep their charges in line. But I gave it “the look”—the stare that policemen use to keep members of the public in a state of randomized guilt.Ben Aaronovitch
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
Ed Gillespie -
Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
Walter Kirn -
Where love is, there God is also.
Mahatma Gandhi -
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
Iris Chang -
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
Candace Bushnell -
I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing.
Harold Ramis
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My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights.
Maajid Nawaz -
In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine - it's everyone's. I wanted it to be a co-operative thing because I was tired of that anal control that I have over novels.
Kate Atkinson -
As coaches, any work you may do, it's been done long ago.
Dan Quinn -
I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
Lasse Hallstrom -
I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.
Yaya DaCosta
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I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day -
Let there be no doubt that any failure by Iraq to comply with its obligations will lead to serious consequences, ... For it is only the credible threat of force which has brought Iraq this far today.
Jack Straw -
Every single experience, every single thing that's happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they've all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.
Apolo Ohno -
True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly.
R. A. Lafferty -
Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts.
Napoleon Hill -
God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery.
William Cullen Bryant
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
William Sloane Coffin -
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Virgil -
It gave me “the eye”—the fearsome gaze that sheepdogs use to keep their charges in line. But I gave it “the look”—the stare that policemen use to keep members of the public in a state of randomized guilt.
Ben Aaronovitch