Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
He said it was wife’s idea to name their daughter after him but I didn’t believe him. Could have been worse, I decided. It could have been Nigella.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge.
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Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
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The only album that I listen to upon recording a new one is my 'Cry' album, because sonically, I think it's my best album to date. But other than that, I've never listened to my records, ever.
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In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.
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I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns.
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I think people are tired of just, this kind of continuous conflict. They want to see principled problem-solving.
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If all you have to criticise me on is my age or my accent, then you really can't defeat me on the issues.
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My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.
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I think, because of the lack of guaranteed contracts in the league, there's hesitancy to speaking your minds at times. But I feel like there could be a movement beginning where guys are feeling a little more comfortable talking about things that are important to them.
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I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.
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I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.
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He said it was wife’s idea to name their daughter after him but I didn’t believe him. Could have been worse, I decided. It could have been Nigella.
