Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
Kumar and I ended up stuffing tissue paper up our nostrils, but agreed that if we had to come down again more drastic action would be justified - like amputation.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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My mom is a sculptress.
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After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.
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What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.
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We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.
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What goes up can continue.
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In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
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Ambedkar is my Father in Economics. He is true celebrated champion of the underprivileged. He deserves more than what he has achieved today. However he was highly controversial figure in his home country,though it was not the reality. His contribution in the field of economics is marvelous and will be remembered forever..!
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Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.
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I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think.
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I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.
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Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love.
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For some reason, I'm constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I've never understood that. That's been very hard.
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I have a very warm feeling about Kickstarter 'cause I think it's the best of what we can be. It's people who actually help out our fellow artists. We actually kind of go into our pocket for something. It's very rare.
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One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.
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You know that band that are all over 'Melody Maker,' Huggy Bear, they're just a load of crap, right? Riot grrrl group - y'know, it's all sexism and stuff, women standing up for their rights: 'This girl said this at the gig off the stage.' It's nothing got to do with music. They're probably untalented gits when it comes to the crunch.
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If I had a free afternoon, I would play music, sit in my backyard, and drink coffee.
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I think we are challenged in how we define humanitarian action today and how we relate to long-term needs. We are also confronted with legitimate expectations from the people who want us to respond far more thoroughly to their basic pleas than we would have done in a much more contained form of conflict.
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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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Kumar and I ended up stuffing tissue paper up our nostrils, but agreed that if we had to come down again more drastic action would be justified - like amputation.
