"A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself."

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Source : Neville Cardus (1930). “Cricket”

Neville Cardus

#Telling The Truth Quotes #Should Quotes #Cricket Quotes

“Live as though you don't exist; like you are two eyeballs floating in space with nothing behind them. No brain attached. Not even hair - Nothing.There is a place inside your own heart, inside your own being that knows the kind of seemingly foolish things I speak and it is totally thrilled to be reminded of this infinite expanse and infinite joy that it is. Find this place.”
“Has the painter not always gone to an art school, or at least to an established master, for instruction? And the composer, the sculptor, the architect? Then why not the writer? Good poets, like good hybrid corn, are both born and made.”
“In Marxism there are some very unhelpful ideas about the need to push for a revolution that will overturn all of society. Marx gets that from Hegel, and it leads to some very bad politics, such as the hope that things must get worse because that will then turn into the antithesis and get better from there. A kind of wishful thinking then grows out of not seeing a realistic path forward.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.”
“A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!”

Source : William Beveridge (1847). “Ecclesia Anglicana Ecclesia Catholica: Or, The Doctrine of the Church of England Consonant to Scripture, Reason, and Fathers : in a Discourse Upon the Thirty Nine Articles Agreed Upon in the Convocation Held at London MDLXII”, p.344
“Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women's breasts if you lived in a society in which they were displayed at all times?”
“I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective”
“Let Beth Leonard inspire you to sail around the world, explore the high latitudes, or discover your own capacity for adventure. Each nugget in this 'dream becomes reality' series of revelations is worth a thousand pictures.”

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