"The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class."

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Source : Paul Fussell (1992). “Class: A Guide Through the American Status System”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

Paul Fussell

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“Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.”
“Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.”

Source : "Girl, Interrupted". www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.”

Source : "Napolitano defends report on right-wing extremist groups". www.cnn.com. April 15, 2009.
“I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.”
“Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.”

Source : James Naismith (1941). “Basketball: Its Origin and Development”, p.184, U of Nebraska Press
“There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.”
“My 'Movember' moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell's, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else's. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.”
“What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.”

Source : Frederick Busch (2013). “The Stories of Frederick Busch”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

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