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There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wre

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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All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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Language
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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

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Sports
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You cant put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. – Michael Phelps

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You win some, lose some, and wreck some. – Dale Earnhardt

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Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment. – Randy Castillo

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Dont look back. Something might be gaining on you. – Satchel Paige

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Life is half spent before one knows what it is. – Proverb

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We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. – Marilyn Manson

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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. – Hugo Black

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There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. – Robert Frost

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