"The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper."

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Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.127, Hachette UK

Ben Aaronovitch

#Fire Quotes #Cooking Quotes #West Quotes

“We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans.”

Source : "Martyrs in Paradise". Book by Terry Reese Downing, 2009.
“You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.”
“People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.”
“This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word. . . that is what has upheld the morale of our people, to know that in the end good will prevail.”
“There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.”
“Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?”
“Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt.”
“I never wish to be easily defined.”

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