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Nick Hornby has 213 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their…
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Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd…
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Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.
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[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the…
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One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to…
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Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.
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I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.
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I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much…
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Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.
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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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I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from school, but…
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It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we each have…
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I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
— Groucho Marx
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I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
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Doris Day was such a big movie and TV star, people overlooked her singing. The proof is in the package. She's one…
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As a dancer I couldn't outdance Ginger Rogers or Eleanor Powell. As a singer I'm no rival to Doris Day. As an…
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I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.
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We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why do this, you may…
— Rick Mercer
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After illuminating the work of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Louise Bourgeois, Balthus, and other modern artists, Mieke Bal again demonstrates her extraordinary flair for…
— Jonathan Culler
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I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha…
— Kara DioGuardi
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Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and…
— Salman Rushdie
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Christ, I'm in a Doris Day movie
— Jennifer Crusie
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I've seen men like you in Doris Day films, but I never thought they existed in real life...The men who can't commit,…
— Nick Hornby
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Doris Day started performing at a young age, had a tough road to success, and once she achieved it delivered the goods…
— Robert Osborne
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