Nick Hornby (Nicholas Peter John Hornby) Quotes
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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Seattle is a fantastic place to build a great technology-enabled consumer company.
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I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.
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I'm a country girl at heart.
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You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
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Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.
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Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel - only worse.
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I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that Da Big Boss Dogg, yeah I had to do that I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside, only on the left side, yeah that's the Crip side.
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Intelligence is loose in the galaxy. Power is in our hands, for better or worse. We can modify Nature’s rules, if we dare, but we cannot ignore her lessons.
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A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs, The world uncertain comes and goes; The lover rooted stays.
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A BOUNTY on the exportation of corn tends to lower its price to the foreign consumer, but it has no permanent effect on its price in the home market.
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If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.
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One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
