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I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900.
Nick Hornby
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Nick Hornby
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 17
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Nicholas Peter John Hornby
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And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you have to decide whether you're a Person of Letters or merely someone who loves books, and I'm beginning to see that the book lovers have more fun.
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Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.
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