"Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it."

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Source : Richard Willard Armour, “Good Sportsmanship”

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“World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the Serbs at Sarajevo shot the heir to the Austrian throne, but by some semiliterate, whacked-out "loner" who lobs a rocket into a nuclear arsenal in order to impress Brooke Shields.”
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“Things every person should have: â€¢A nemesis. â€¢An evil twin. â€¢A secret headquarters. â€¢An escape hatch. â€¢A partner in crime. â€¢A secret identity.”
“I do not believe that anything really worthwhile will come out of the exploration of the slag heap that constitutes the surface of the moon...Nobody should imagine that the enormous financial budget of NASA implies that astronomy is now well supported.”
“Lucky Charms?â€ I asked. â€œMagically delicious,â€ he explained. â€œRequisite for any sort of building project.â€ I shook my head, still amazed at how he had managed to weasel his way over here. â€œThis isnâ€™t a date.â€ He cut me a scandalized look. "Obviously. Iâ€™d bring Count Chocula for that.”
“By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women to run to the Government as Substitute Husband (or Father). This gets companies to fear women, but not to respect women. The best preparation we can give women to succeed in the workplace is the preparation to overcome barriers rather than to sue: successful people don't sue, they succeed.”
“My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.”
“It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.”

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