Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
...don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.'
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I have no interest in guys who wear armor and swing big swords.
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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What's Buffy got? A wooden stake, some garlic. Xena has a full arsenal of weapons.
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I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.
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I definitely want to do more movies, and I'm also a writer, so I have a few screenplays that I'm working on, one of them based off my one-woman show that I used to do in New York. Two of the screenplays I've written by myself, and then I'm also working on one with my writing partner, Tom Riley, who's in London.
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Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets.
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My dad has definitely sacrificed a lot for me, and I don't know if I could do it if I was in his shoes. Leaving your life behind and chasing this dream because your kid is passionate about this sport.
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Making sleep happen is a must - anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to an automobile. Ideally, I like to get eight to ten hours a night, though I'll take it broken up in two segments if I have to.
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Britain is still seen as a beacon for decency, for democracy, for vigorous judges upholding the rule of law and, dare I say it, a free press. I respect the press in theory, but when you see some of the things it writes about you, it's not exactly a happy relationship.
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'Mi Gente' is a song that embodies a special moment in music - a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally.
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Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification.
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No bad man can be a good poet.
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I can eat Chipotle all day long for years.
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Yes, for blacks, racism functions without the actual presence of whites, just as for whites it functions without the actual presence of blacks! Beliefs, conventions, history do the work.
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I don't pick up my work at all. If it's something that's still in progress and I have the chance to make some edits on the material or think about the order, little things like that, I'll keep those stories at hand and go through them. But once it exists as the book, it's locked away in a vault, and I kind of put it behind me.
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There is no intrinsic reason African countries should be importing, rather than exporting, basic staples like rice or higher value products like frozen chicken, cooking oil, or instant noodles.
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On different projects, different pieces of you will show up. Sometimes it's surprising which piece shows up.
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I think if you’re a manager you’re basically a talent spotter. That’s what you are. You also need to allow people to develop their talents.
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Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.
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...don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.
