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| #10854 | | Football builds self-discipline. What else would induce a spectator to
sit out in the open in subfreezing weather?
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| #10855 | | Football combines the two worst features of American life.
It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
-- George F. Will, "Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball"
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| #10856 | | Football is a game designed to keep coalminers off the streets.
-- Jimmy Breslin
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| #10857 | | Fortune finishes the great quotations, #15
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses."
And while you're at it, throw in a couple of those Dallas
Cowboy cheerleaders.
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| #10858 | | FORTUNE'S FUN FACTS TO KNOW AND TELL: #14
The Baby Ruth candy bar was not named after George Herman "The Babe"
Ruth, but after the oldest daughter of President Grover Cleveland.
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| #10859 | | From 0 to "what seems to be the problem officer" in 8.3 seconds.
-- Ad for the new VW Corrado
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| #10860 | | George's friend Sam had a dog who could recite the Gettysburg Address. "Let
me buy him from you," pleaded George after a demonstration.
"Okay," agreed Sam. "All he knows is that Lincoln speech anyway."
At his company's Fourth of July picnic, George brought his new pet
and announced that the animal could recite the entire Gettysburg Address.
No one believed him, and they proceeded to place bets against the dog.
George quieted the crowd and said, "Now we'll begin!" Then he looked at
the dog. The dog looked back. No sound. "Come on, boy, do your stuff."
Nothing. A disappointed George took his dog and went home.
"Why did you embarrass me like that in front of everybody?" George
yelled at the dog. "Do you realize how much money you lost me?"
"Don't be silly, George," replied the dog. "Think of the odds we're
gonna get on Labor Day."
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| #10861 | | Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish,
and he'll invite himself over for dinner.
-- Calvin Keegan
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| #10862 | | Give me a fish and I will eat today.
Teach me to fish and I will eat forever.
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| #10863 | | Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
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