Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
If you ask any copper why they stick at a job which exposes them to abuse from everyone from petty criminals all the way down to government ministers, they’ll say it’s the variety.Ben Aaronovitch
Quotes to Explore
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To be is to do.
Immanuel Kant -
In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
Uday Kotak -
Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
Ian K. Smith -
I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
Imelda Staunton -
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
Dalai Lama
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
Gary Busey -
No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
Venus Williams -
If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
Gary Shteyngart -
Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
Garrett Hardin -
At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
Ilan Stavans -
Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
Maggie Rowe -
Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.
Victoria Principal -
When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
Eddie Redmayne -
Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
Nancy Pelosi -
I think Mitt Romney is a good man.
Ted Cruz
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It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere.
Mary Wesley -
This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.
George Crumb -
The government must understand that it cannot substitute the health, nutrition, and overall development outcomes of Indian citizens with 'efficiency gains.'
Kapil Sibal -
The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It's our job as much as anyone's to make sure we make it as safe as possible up there for them.
Dave Reichert -
Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.
Miranda Lambert -
If you ask any copper why they stick at a job which exposes them to abuse from everyone from petty criminals all the way down to government ministers, they’ll say it’s the variety.
Ben Aaronovitch