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Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. The lovers of football are large, boisterous, nobbly boys who are good at knocking down and trampling on slightly smaller boys.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review, sec. 5 (1952-09)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85997/
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Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. The lovers of football are large, boisterous, nobbly boys who are good at knocking down and trampling on slightly smaller boys.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review, sec. 5 (1952-09)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85997/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bullying #fighting #football #physicaleducation #school #soccer #sports
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Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. The lovers of football are large, boisterous, nobbly boys who are good at knocking down and trampling on slightly smaller boys.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review, sec. 5 (1952-09)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85997/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bullying #fighting #football #physicaleducation #school #soccer #sports
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Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. The lovers of football are large, boisterous, nobbly boys who are good at knocking down and trampling on slightly smaller boys.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review, sec. 5 (1952-09)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85997/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bullying #fighting #football #physicaleducation #school #soccer #sports
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Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. The lovers of football are large, boisterous, nobbly boys who are good at knocking down and trampling on slightly smaller boys.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review, sec. 5 (1952-09)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85997/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bullying #fighting #football #physicaleducation #school #soccer #sports