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But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore.

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
Forgotten
Internet
Nobody
Changed
Everything
Anymore

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