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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Women played no part in Athenian high culture. They could not vote, attend the theatre, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. But the male orientation of Greek culture was inseparable of its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
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The tribunal here and your American newspapers talk so much about our sharp Nazi methods, but do you realize that within the past year, since the defeat of Germany, 1 million Germans have been evicted from what was originally German territory and which has now been given to Poland? No League of Nations or other body intervened.
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When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about the liberation of his true covenant people, the true return from exile, the beginning of the new world order
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I love recording music.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.
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One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
