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Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their…
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Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd…
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Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.
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[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the…
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One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to…
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Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.
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I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.
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I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much…
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Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.
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Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.
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I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from school, but…
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It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we each have…
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Because music, like color, or a cloud, is neither intelligent nor unintelligent - it just is. The chord, the simplest building block…
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