Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its …

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Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners. ✨ George Orwell (2009). Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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