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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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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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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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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Dabbing was a way of fashion that turned into a dance.
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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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Of course, I continue to play and to practice. I think I would do so if I lived for another hundred years.
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Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while the morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don’t complain when the roof comes down.
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If you love the good thing vitally, enough to give up for it all that one must give up, then you must hate the cheap thing just as hard. I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate! “A contempt that drives you through fire, makes you risk everything and lose everything, makes you a long sight better than you ever knew you could be.
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I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.
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It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes.
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One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
