Nick Hornby (Nicholas Peter John Hornby) Quotes
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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If I'm not doing anything, I get really antsy and bored.
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When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I never forbid myself anything.
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I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.
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I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.
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We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.
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No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
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I don't think there's a major change between runway and real life anymore.
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The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.
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I know what feeling broke feels like real well. I know that real well.
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I just have more fun when I get to try new things - and the action film genre has kind of painted itself into a corner, copied itself so many times and it has basically run out of bad buys.
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Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.
