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  • George Orwell Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Ben Jonson Shakespeare, in a play, brought in a number of men saying they had suffered shipwreck in Bohemia, where there is no sea by some 100 miles.
    Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters?
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Elizabeth Bishop Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? Is it right to be watching strangers in a play in this strangest of theatres?
    Elizabeth Bishop
    American poet and short-story writer (1911 - 1979)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bill Paxton Since I was a small boy, I was always around the game. I don't play golf much myself, but I love watching it. My father has played golf all his life.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Carl Orff Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
    Carl Orff
    German composer and pedagogue (1895 - 1982)
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  • Carl Hagelin Since we travel a lot as a team, I spend a lot of time on a plane where I like to play 'Football Manager.' I have been a soccer fan since I was 5 years old, so to be able to manage soccer teams is a lot of fun.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Ben Bernanke Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.
    The Nature of Space and Time (1996)
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Buddy Rich So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Bud Grant Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Boris Johnson Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don't know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
    Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Basil Rathbone Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.
    Basil Rathbone
    English actor (1892 - 1967)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Sometimes people are like, 'Do you want to play strong women?' I don't have to play strong women in order to feel like a strong woman myself, but I do feel it's important to play characters that are complex and interesting and believable.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Calista Flockhart Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Bryce Harper Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Billie Jean King Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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