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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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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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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The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with them.
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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
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Why borrow if you are not in need of it? You must lend feet to the maximum of your bed only, and not to borrow except in the case of necessity.
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One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
