"Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about Â£1.4bn, 40 per cent more than its nearest rival, Italy's Serie A. That was before take-off. Now foreign television channels are sending so much cash that the Premiership is expected to take in nearly Â£1.8bn this season. Even the team that finishes bottom of the table (Wigan might be a good bet) will get Â£26.8m from TV. That's more than all of Argentine or Belgian football put together."

-- Simon Kuper

#Soccer Quotes #Country Quotes #Football Quotes

“Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.”
“I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.”
“Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman.'”
“Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.”
“Yeah! I went to the set of Monuments Men.”
“I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material.”
“What we call our data are really our own constructions of other peopleâ€™s constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.9, Basic Books
“If we all leap before we crawl, we might fall.”

Source : Song: Wishing Heart, Album: Firecracker, 2006

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