That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.
BEN AARONOVITCHThe first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first.
More Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
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The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That’s why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not.
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The truth is that at the end of the day, unless you’ve generated some sort of lead, you go home and get on with the important things in life – like drinking and sleeping, and if you’re lucky, a relationship with the gender and sexual orientation of your choice.
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If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it’s your safest bet.
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Somebody doesn’t know they’re not in Kansas anymore,’ said Stephanopoulos.
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Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.
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On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.
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If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth.
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This is your brain on magic.
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Actually I’d always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale – to the Jag mobile.
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In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.
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If you just warn people, they often simply ignore you. But if you ask them a question, then they have to think about it.
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Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale – to the Jag mobile.
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He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn’t know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.
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Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.
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I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police “first greeting”. “Oi!” I said “What do you think you’re doing?
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