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That shot was going goalboundward

Clive Tyldesley

Football, Shots

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Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call us small w writers-get considerably more feedback than Writers. The letters I personally find most flattering are not the very rare ones that speak well of my editorials, but the occasional reader who wants to know who writes them. I always happily assume the letter-writers is implying that the editorials are so good that I couldn't have written them myself.

Malcolm Forbes

Real, Writing, Letters

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That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs?

Clive Tyldesley

Football, Legs, Goalkeepers

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A full-blooded encounter for a number of reasons, many of them illegitimate.

Jon Champion

Football, Numbers, Encounters

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Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with remark that I was the only 'religious nut' - his term for a believer - in his stable of regular reviewers.

Garry Wills

Christian, Religious, Book

Garry Wills (2013). “Under God”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

Warren Buffett

Investing, Ears, Tvs

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I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying "I don't want to bore you with the details".

Milton Jones

Funny, Jobs, Humor

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I'm a sports fan sometimes when I'm drunk. All my friends gamble on sports so whenever we watch a game, everyone's pissed off at the end! Sometimes the commentators speak so quickly, I think you've got to be on drugs to listen to them.

Pablo Francisco

Sports, Thinking, Games

Source: rocksucker.co.uk

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Some commentators have drawn such a stark and gloomy picture of the Weimar Republic's early difficulties that the Republic seems foredoomed to failure from the outset... The conditions in which Weimar democracy were born were certainly not such as to help it flourish; and as it unfolded, it was clearly saddled with a burden of problems, in a range of areas.

Mary Fulbrook

History, Democracy, Republic

Mary Fulbrook (2014). “A History of Germany 1918-2014: The Divided Nation”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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How science dwindles, and how volumes swell,
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun!

Edward Young

Dark, Science, Sun

'Love of Fame: The Universal Passion' (1725-8) Satire 7, l. 97.

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Forest have now lost six matches without winning.

David Coleman

Soccer, Football, Winning

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Both of the Villa scorers were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager, who was born in Birkenhead.

David Coleman

Football, Villa, Born

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No day passes without a Democratic politician, a left-wing commentator, or, if I may be excused a redundancy, a left-wing academic labeling Republicans and conservatives racist.

Dennis Prager

Wings, May, Racist

Dennis Prager (2015). “Dennis Prager: Volume I”, p.79, Creators Publishing

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Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one who knows the sport, has a genuine passion for the game, respects the viewers' intelligence, knows when to talk and when to keep quiet, can make you laugh and is not afraid to call a spade a spade.

Dave McPherson

Sports, Passion, Games

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All of West Ham's away victories have come on opponents' territory this season

Rob Hawthorne

Football, Victory, Ham

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He runs a very tightly knit ship

Rob Hawthorne

Football, Running, Ships

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I think all senior politicians tend to be rather more subtle then the commentators would have it. It is a natural tendency for human beings to try to classify. We all have this classification urge - so and so is such and such, that person is in that camp - but look, most sophisticated people defy stereotype.

Tony Abbott

Senior, Thinking, People

"Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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McCartney's first involvement is to be stripped by Saha

Guy Mowbray

Football, Firsts, Involvement

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Celtic have scored in the 50th consecutive game in which they've managed to score

Barry Davies

Football, Games, Celtic

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He didn't give the penalty but I've seen them given for worse

Angus Loughran

Football, Giving, Penalties

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Giggs drops deep into that Sheringham position where he can turn and ride defenders.

Martin Tyler

Football, Giggs, Turns

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No score in the other game betwen top club and bottom club, Switzerland and Georgia.

Rob Hawthorne

Football, Games, Switzerland

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The ageless Teddy Sheringham, 37 now.

Tony Gubba

Football, Ageless, Teddy

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The lesson taught us by these kindly commentators on my present experience is that dogmatic faith compels the best minds and hearts to narrowness and insolence.

Harriet Martineau

Heart, Taught Us, Mind

Harriet Martineau, Linda H. Peterson (2007). “Autobiography”, Broadview Pr

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What I and other commentators do is attempt to move the public opinion. We try to change minds.

Ann Coulter

Moving, Mind, Trying

"Ann Coulter: The "Never Trust a Liberal over 3" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, m.thetimesweekly.com. November 20, 2013.

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