Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
I heard a woman scream with rage and frustration and then grunt like a tennis player.Ben Aaronovitch
Quotes to Explore
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
Aaron Sorkin -
What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?
T. C. Boyle -
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
Hanna Rosin -
Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
Walid Jumblatt -
I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
Garry Wills -
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.
Nathan Myhrvold
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Alexander Hamilton -
…the sudden rise of a religious movement in the West that restricts the eating of beef and thereby saves billions of tons of grain and provides a nourishing diet for the world as a whole.
Alvin Toffler -
My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.
Chris Isaak -
The tenor voice should be like sunshine.
Marcello Giordani -
The North Country of New York is a region steeped in rich military tradition. Our corner of this country stands out for the remarkable tradition of brave men and women putting themselves in harm's way for our nation.
Elise Stefanik -
When I believe, I am crazy. When I don't believe, I suffer psychotic depression.
Philip K. Dick
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Until I was about 14, I was so shy.
Adwoa Aboah -
Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.
John Hodgman -
Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.
Chris Van Allsburg -
As far as writing and directing, I'm very focused on the thriller genre.
Jordan Peele -
I'm not saying that people should not divorce, but at the rate at which it happens here is sick. The kids, they suffer. I don't care what anyone says.
Eric Braeden -
Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.
Mahatma Gandhi