"contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a……" — Nick Hornby
"contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century."
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212 Quotes by Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby has 212 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able 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…
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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…
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I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from…
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It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we…
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More Accessibility Quotes
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one of 25 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The fundamental magic of flying, a miracle that has nothing to do with any of its practical purposes - purposes…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To…
— Martha Stewart
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I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.
— Paul Muldoon
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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and…
— Derek Bailey
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The principles of good human-to-computer interface design are simplicity, support, clarity, encouragement, satisfaction, accessibility, versatility, and personalization. While it’s essential…
— Sharon Lee
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Maybe nothing is art”, maybe everything is or could be art. To that, no doubt she would have responded like…
— Miuccia Prada
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In Britain, we've tended to replace the kind of architectural culture valued in much of Europe with an in-flight magazine…
— David Chipperfield
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We must recognize that the attempt to set forth the temporal course commonly referred to as the "evolution of mankind"…
— Jean Gebser
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I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if…
— Mindy Grossman
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I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a respected industry analyst says less than…
— Steven Levitan
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I think transitions are never that noticeable, but they are always on their way. It has to do with distance…
— Paul Newman
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