Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I.
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What I'm not about is exploiting women.
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Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been a burden and even that I didnt sing it for a while. Thats completely false. I am very proud of American Pie and the many satellites that grow from it and revolve around it. For many years I carried my songs around and now they carry me around. I have always sung American Pie for my audience and would never think of disappointing them since it is they who have given me a wonderful life and untold affection for almost 30 years.
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.
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Artists disbelieve and dispute society's most cherished notions.
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I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?
