Nick Hornby Quotes

I have boys, and boys are particularly resistant to reading books. I had some success recently with Sherman Alexie's great young adult novel 'The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian.' I told my son it was highly inappropriate for him and one of the most banned books in America. That got his attention, and he raced through it.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 17, 1957

Topics

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I find man's inhumanity to man extraordinary,,, I can't get my head around it.

Joe Wright

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Kobe is amazing. He's extremely competitive.

Metta World Peace

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I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

Sloane Crosley

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Living on hypocrisy is not a healthy diet for patriots.

Tom Tancredo

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Learning a play is one thing, but to learn to play Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' without music: that's brilliant.

Roger Moore

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I get really excited when I get to go out on these press tours and meet fans, do signings and interact, and they can ask questions. Social media is a great way to do that, and I wish I was better at it, but I'm just not.

Lucy Fry

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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

Jonathan Edwards

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We've been delivering cloud-based services for over a decade, with more than 30 million Intuit customers using offerings across a variety of desktop and mobile devices. The benefits are clear: online experiences are simply better for customer.

Brad D. Smith

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Africa has lost its dream, and when people don't have a dream and don't pursue it, they flounder. People are shocked that I would move to Africa. But I say the place of greatest need is the place of greatest opportunity.

Bruce Wilkinson

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I have two daughters.

Asghar Farhadi

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I will settle down & teach for the rest of my days.

Alice Paul

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Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids in my school. Especially with music, I try to just approach it as an equal.

Priscilla Ahn

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