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

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

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  8. To me, making a tape is like writing a letter -“ there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. – Nick Hornby
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  10. I’ve committed to nothing…and that’s just suicide…by tiny, tiny increments. – Nick Hornby
  11. Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality. – Nick Hornby
  12. She regretted the explanation immediately, but that was because she always regretted everything – Nick Hornby
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  14. That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all. – Nick Hornby
  15. I’m still pretty sick about what I’ve lost, but I only admit it to myself late at night, which is probably why I’m not the best sleeper. – Nick Hornby
  16. Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination. – Nick Hornby
  17. That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all – Nick Hornby
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  21. If I could have all of those things, I wouldn’t mind if I touched her or not. – Nick Hornby
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  23. easily the best thing in her life at the moment was her secret. – Nick Hornby
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  26. Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service. – Philip Yancey
  27. I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  28. Life’s value is lost when the pursuit of money becomes the goal as opposed to the pursuit of true happiness. – Steven Redhead
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  31. Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure. – Rick Perlstein
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  35. The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning. – John Dewey
  36. As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance. – John Dewey
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  38. Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful. – John Dewey
  39. A problem well-defined is a problem half solved. – John Dewey
  40. The truth is a community is as big or as small as your heart lets it be. – Genevieve Dewey

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