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It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle.
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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That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself.
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Definitely avoid going out with ugly girls who say they want to be models. Not because they're ugly, but because they're mad.
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I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: She hated them, and wanted to send them back from where they came from.
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When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.
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