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Own Quotes by Nick Hornby
- It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we each have an individual relationship…
- We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?
- All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing…
- Asking the head I have now to explain its own thinking is as pointless as dialing your own telephone number on your own telephone: Either…
- I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our…
- My own feeling about JJ, without knowing anything about him, was that he might have been a gay person, because he had long hair and…
- But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.
- You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; you need people around you, things going on, otherwise life is like…
- I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny, sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat doors,…
- You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more.
- I don't even feel as if I'm the center of my own world, so how am I supposed to feel as though I'm the center…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov