Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
When the government decided that in the light of an increased security threat what London really needed was a smaller police force.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more we don't judge.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
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Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
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So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.
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I lost my virginity to a pumpkin when I was 23. Back then I was convinced I was actually a Vegetable, hell, that's what the song is about.
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When the government decided that in the light of an increased security threat what London really needed was a smaller police force.
