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I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.

Nick Hornby

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Nick Hornby
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 17
Essayist
Film Producer
Lyricist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Nicholas Peter John Hornby
Nothing
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Suicide
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