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You had your nose in a book".
Had your nose in a book all year?
At school you had your nose shoved into them.
If you have had your nose trimmed it might not seem, on the scale of things, very important.
What if, that time you were five years old and your grandfather did the "I've got your nose" trick, your grandfather didn't really take the nose off your face, but instead pushed his thumb through his fingers to make it look like he had your nose in his clenched fist.
You said in an early interview that you'd always felt like you had your nose pressed to the window of the House of Literature and they were all in there – Ian McEwan was in the kitchen, and Jeanette Winterson was washing up.
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Have your nose powdered by that person.
"By definition, your view is distorted when you have your nose up against the glass," he says.
Because it is early in the summer holidays, this is deemed the best time to have your nose fixed.
(Better to have your nose pressed firmly against the glass than to be a guest of the people you report about).
If you can't enjoy life when you're having your nose ground into the dust, when can you enjoy it?
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