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Ben Aaronovitch

"The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public."

-- Ben Aaronovitch

#Educational Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.”
“When you start creating opinion, and you start creating difference of opinion, you're doing something. People are actually sitting down and critiquing. A lot of the stuff people hate, they really don't. They only look at the outer shell. They don't really get into it.”
“If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with 'sad eyes.' Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.”
“How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.”
“I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.”

Source : "Andrew Buchan: 'I have a well of darkness in me'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2014.
“Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.”
“The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat-that is the final proof of power”
“I grew up listening to Patsy Klein, Reba Mcentire and would study their voices. But once I became bored with that, I moved on to more contemporary stuff like Sheryl Crow and I combined everything that I had learned from country and rock and made this CD.”

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