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Nobody ever worked harder than these two, or at a higher standard, while connecting with so many people for so long (Nick Hornby)


What matters to me is that Prince and Dickens tell me, every day, Not good enough. Not quick enough. Not enough. More, more, more. Think quicker, be more ambitious, be more imaginative. And whatever you do for a living, that's something you need to hear, every now and again.

Nick Hornby (in Dickens and Prince - A Particular Kind of Genius)

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