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We forget that the nineteenth century often turned work into sport. We, in contrast, often turn sport into work. — Geoffrey Blainey
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be… — Geoffrey Dutton
There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations. It provides a link between… — Unknown Author
In a land where sport is sacred, Where the labourer is God, You must pander to the people, Make a hero of a clod. — Henry Lawson
Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a… — Unknown Author
Sport...teaches life's lessons. But there's no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice. — Fiona Wood
The thrill of victory in business blows away the thrill of victory in sports. Business is a sport 24/7/365. — Mark Cuban
The person who proclaimed me Best Dressed Man never saw me in my sport outfit. — Robert Pattinson
There are viable (and usually better) alternatives to the use of animals for food, sport, clothing, & experimentation. I beg you to discontinue any actions… — Moby
A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is… — Alexander Morozevich
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. — Anatoly Karpov
Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry — Pep Guardiola
The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into… — Arthur Hopcraft
Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved. — Bill Brandt
I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport. — Bill Brandt
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as… — Jose Raul Capablanca
In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game… — Judit Polgar
Chess is a sport. A violent sport. — Marcel Duchamp
For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is… — Bent Larsen
One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic… — Judit Polgar
In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to… — Pal Benko
My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed… — Vasily Smyslov
It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business. — Michel Patini
Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! — Bill Brandt
It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go — Mark Spitz

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