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

Historically and politically, the petit-bourgeois is the key to the century. The bourgeois and proletariat classes have become abstractions: the petite-bourgeoisie, in contrast, is everywhere, you can see it everywhere, even in the areas of the bourgeois and the proletariat, whats left of them. – Roland Barthes

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Class
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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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Society
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Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you dont play well, theyll let you know so I know its not something that they take lightly. – Drew Bledsoe

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There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. – Roland Barthes

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I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. – Mia Hamm

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It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come. – Jennie Finch

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A poem begins with a lump in the throat. – Robert Frost

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How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? – Robert Mallett, Apostilles, 1972

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