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(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section)

I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey.


Nick Hornby

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NICK HANAUER I usually get down with a little Violent Femmes in the summer. You know, 'Blister In The Sun....
NICK ROBINSON Dad was a difference maker. He reached out to people. He took them by the awe and wonder we feel ove...
NICK SAGAN I do public appearances. I'm bluff, hearty, goofy. I wear loud clothes, and I read the funny bit...
NICK HARKAWAY When it blows here, even the seagulls walk.
NICK FALDO The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special o...
NICK TURSE At training, I consider myself a bit of a morale booster. I take a pack of lollies just to boost the...
NICK CUMMINS I work in our living room, a strange room in a strange, topsy-turvy house. I work underneath this en...
NICK HARKAWAY Love is like a fruit. It may look good, but you shouldn't bite in it until it's ripe.
NICK HERTL You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at th...
NICK OFFERMAN We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
NICK GORSKI You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be &...
NICK MORAN I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it...
NICK KROLL Lemons. He liked lemons. They made you make funny faces when you bit them, and a very, very long way...
NICK HARKAWAY So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. [Steve] Jobs, trying to change the subject. The com...
NICK BILTON Over the years I've come to appreciate how animals enter our lives prepared to teach and far from be...
NICK TROUT It may be a cat, a bird, a ferret, or a guinea pig, but the chances are high that when someone close...
NICK TROUT People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what ...
NICK HARKAWAY As I live life, I believe that the highest value I, and anyone who is ready, able and willing, is to...
NICK CATRICALA The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control.
NICK FALDO The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.
NICK NUESSLE With rivers as with good friends, you always feel better for a few hours in their presence; you alwa...
NICK LYONS If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line.
NICK NOLTE Magic isn't done; it's only just begun!
NICK NEWBERRY If hooking a car battery up to a monkey's brain will help find the cure for AIDS and save somebody's...
NICK DIPAOLO Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.
NICK DIAMOS Modernism isn't a design ethos any more, it's an economy of scale, and a marketing tool to sell the ...
NICK HARKAWAY A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without a...
NICK HARKAWAY Keeping people fired up starts with having a really clear vision for what the company is aiming to d...
NICK WOODMAN We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've ...
NICK ROBINSON I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and ...
NICK SWARDSON I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have ...
NICK WOODMAN In ancient Greece, Socrates reportedly didn't fancy a literate society. He felt that people woul...
NICK HARKAWAY I wrote the first draft of 'Tigerman' while my wife was pregnant - needless to say, I was re...
NICK HARKAWAY Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite ...
NICK CLOONEY One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing...
NICK CLOONEY Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be pas...
NICK BOSTROM