Quote by Roland Barthes
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to im

To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object. – Roland Barthes

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Automobiles
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Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. – Roland Barthes

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Language
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Other Quotes from
Sports
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Hes going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. Thats always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys cant handle it. But it looks like he can. – Jack Nicklaus

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Sports

I didnt go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts. – Jet Li

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Sports

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. – Doug Collins

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Sports

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships. – Brian McBride

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Sports

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I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. – Lee Ann Womack

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Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry. – David Frum

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Technology