Quotes Of Sport And Games [0501]

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Quotes by Arthur Asa Berger "Baseball represents America before the frontier ended, when there was plenty of space and plenty of time, and philosophic anarchists roamed about on verdant fields "doing their thing" with a free and reckless abandon. The game is relaxing and not particularly taxing on the players, who play many times each week. Football is tremendously difficult on the players and is so tiring that sixty minutes of clock time - which amounts to several hours of real time - ... Read More

Quotes Of Travel And Travelling [2312]

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Quotes by Ambrose Bierce "Passport: a document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage". Quotes by Doromont de Belloy "The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland". Quotes by Sir Thomas Beecham "I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it". Quotes by Gluseppe Baretti "Travellers...seem to have no other purpose by taking long journeys but to procure themselves the pleasure of railing at ... Read More

Quotes Of Life [2711]

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Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton "Life differs from the play only in this...it has no plot - all is vague, desultory, unconnected - till the curtain drops with the mystery unsolved". Quotes by Bertolt Brecht "Life is short and so is money". Quotes by Alan Bennett "Life, you know, is rather like opening a tin of sardines. We're all of us looking for the key". Quotes by Anonymous "Death is a port whereby we pass to joy, Life is a lake that drowneth all in payn". Quotes by Maya Angelou "My life ... Read More

Quotes Of Men And Women [1711]

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Quotes by Alan Bennett "One of the few lessons I have learned in life is that there is invariably something odd about women who wear ankle socks". Quotes by Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm "After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are sex by themselves, so to speak." You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always the one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. Most women are not so young as they are painted". Quotes ... Read More

Quotes Of Countries And Their Peoples [1211]

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Quotes by Sir John Betjeman "Think of what our Nation stands for, Books from Boots' and country lanes, Free speech, free passes, class distinction, Democracy and proper drains". Quotes by Maximillien de Bethnune "Ils s'amusent tristement. The English take their pleasures sadly". Quotes by Louis de Bernieres "Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and downfall of your civilization. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at Easter, and the British plan everything in retrospect, so it always looks as ... Read More