Nick Hornby Quotes

We need a romantic illusion to embark on relationships in the first place. After that, they survive or fail for other, more practical reasons.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The United States has never prioritized or failed to pay any obligation when due during a debt limit impasse. Despite the institutional risks and the lack of clear legal authority, we assume that Treasury will attempt to prioritize payments in a last-ditch effort to avoid default.

Jerome Powell

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Posting a brag, humble or otherwise, and then waiting for people to respond is the equivalent of having a conversation in which all you do is wait for your turn to speak.

Meghan Daum

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In such a therapeutic, pragmatic, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps society as ours, the message of God having to do all the work in saving us comes as an offensive shot at our egos.

Michael Horton

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I grew up on an organic farm in England. And I was a vegetarian from an early age - not just for health, not for the environment - just because I didn't believe in killing animals to eat them.

Stella McCartney

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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

Tony Robbins

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Since then I have held many jobs at museums in Colorado and Wyoming. I have also taught summer courses at the University of Colorado.

Robert T. Bakker

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I don't think there is any question that Picasso is the greatest figure of the 20th century.

Roy Lichtenstein

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Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

Mason Cooley

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How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?

Jay Kay

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'The Practical Heart' was published one week before the World Trade towers collapsed. Book reviewing and all else in our culture stopped dead-still for half a year. I went on the book tour anyway. But I felt like the apostle Paul going unto the catacombs where scared believers hid and prayed.

Allan Gurganus

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I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers at each other.

Shane Smith

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I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

Richie Sambora

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