Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season. All great men of letters have therefore been enthusiastic walkers.
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She's throwing well. She's just playing with tremendous confidence. The team has made some great plays behind her. If we get her a couple of runs for a lead, as a coach, it's a great feeling.Leslie Stephen
If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.
Leslie Stephen
If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.
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This game was about as evenly played as you could get. These close games are the kinds that are fun to coach. We were fortunate to come out on top.
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Chance is a name for our ignorance.
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We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!
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