Nick Hornby Quotes

I spent as much time watching telly and films when I was a kid as I did lying around reading books. I think it's crazy that writers are only allowed to say that certain books have influenced them.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I don't watch soaps, because they're for regular viewers with regular lives, and I don't have a regular life.

Jimmy Savile

LifeWatchBecauseLivesRegular

I'm definitely Australian and wouldn't have it any other way. I've been formed as an athlete in Australia.

Jessica Fox

AustraliaAthleteWayBeenOther

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

John Dickerson

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Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

Steve Earle

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There will be Apple Glass, and Google Glass, and RIM Glass. These companies are all working on glass. I think everyone is going to be making glass. I think we're also going to have a glass war instead of a smartphone war.

Steve Mann

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How about we let the states be innovative on Medicaid and do much better and smarter things?

Steve Scalise

BetterThingsSmarterMuchHow

Social media has been such a big platform for my success. But it can also be a toxic place.

Rupi Kaur

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My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.

Michael Lee-Chin

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There are a lot of folks who endorsed me that I would not want to see as president.

Mitt Romney

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I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.

Denise Morrison

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What amazes me is how far some people will go to justify their behavior to themselves, just to preserve that self-perception.

Christopher Golden

PeopleMeBehaviorGoWillHow Far

Denied dancing and musical instruments, slaves expressed a hidden tradition of musicality and poetics by tongue and signal.

David Shields

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