I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common…

H. L. Mencken
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I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. ✨ Quoted in Fred Metcalfe The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (1986).
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I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. ✨ Quoted in Fred Metcalfe The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (1986).

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