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🇫🇷Albert Camus

Literature

continental philosophy

1913–1960

"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

"It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite."

"Here he is again ... here he is again .. that's astonishing, absolutely world-class!"

"I was a forward, and one of the obligations of a forward is to score goals."

"I’ve never done anybody any harm in my entire life. No need to chase girls, I’ve thousands of them on Top of the Pops, thousands on Radio One."

"“He’ll absolutely be remembered as one of the greats; for me, he is already one of them. There are so many things . He is so inspirational. In the key moments he has that difference – a spark that is difficult to define."

"And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities."

"In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender."

"Manchester United dropped points, Liverpool dropped points, Chelsea dropped points, Everton dropped points, so in a way we haven't lost anything at all really, although we dropped all three."

"We find no vestige of a beginning - no prospect of an end."

"Roy Keane's 10 greatest outbursts: from Rep of Ireland to Manchester United"

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Charlie McGeever

Sports

"There was Patsy McGowan coming towards me, dapper dressed as always and a form in his hand."

"You've won it once. Now you'll have to go out there and win it again."

"One minute? Where the fuck does one minute come from?"

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🇬🇧Charles Scott Sherrington

Science

1857–1952

"It is difficult to get a hearing from busy men for even a great new truth."

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"He is potentially brilliant, and he is going to be exciting, but potential is nothing unless you can produce it. I would think he's way, way, way, miles away from international World Cup football."

"England did nothing in the World Cup, why are they bringing books out? 'We got beat in the quarter-finals, I played like shit, here's my book'. Who wants to read that? I don't."

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🇦🇷Juan Román Riquelme

Politics

b. 1978

"They're gonna write that I'm a fag and the people is gonna believe it"

"The game minus slow bowling is like bread without butter or, even worse, French cuisine without the sauces."

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🇮🇹Alessandro Del Piero

Sports

b. 1974

"During the Calciopoli scandal: "A true gentleman never leaves his lady."

"Fuente: Valdano, Jorge Twenty years ago today the hand of God smote England" Artículo publicado en The Guardian. Consultado el 21 de mayo de 2019."

"If my head had been a ball, it would have been in the top corner of the net."

"My fortune in cricket was to play when the first-class game was free and fast-flowing and with a county as concerned to play attractive and sporting cricket as to win."

"I think that I painted an accurate picture of what life was like for someone like Billy forty years ago. Looking back, maybe I was not as sympathetic as I could have been to some of the adult characters."

"Lamps is Lamps. When he plays well he is best in the game, when he plays bad, he is the second or the third best."

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🇬🇧Phil Brown (footballer)

Sports

1916–2006

"This is the start of the season for us - an 11-game season"

"Mad, Bad, or just prepared to go where others fear to tread? The most controversial author and speaker in the world"

"The greatest player of the past 20 years? It has to be Zidane. He had everything. You never needed to tell him anything as he did it all by himself and knew what was expected."

"I’ve always thought I’m a perfectionist – and that might not be the truth! – but you always look and see if there are any weaknesses."

"I have a camera up my backside almost 24 hours a day."

"He had a roly poly physique but a wonderful left foot and he was a brilliant finisher. I would put Puskas in any list of all time greats."

"I told myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else' - but I was wrong."

"The unconventional and uninhibited way of living was a part of my life. I won't be like that now."

"...the Englishman, George Best, who was an amazing footballer in his day but at the same time he was a bum and a drunk – a bohemian. Because of his soccer art though, he had a royal funeral."

"That place, Mr. President, is not your place. Your place is with the victims of the SS."

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