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I used to dream about taking the ball 'round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out. George Best

Final Out Dream About Net Knees Taking Heading Dead Ball Line Left Cup Did Hands Getting Stopping Against Then Used European Round Keeper Nearly

Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town. George Best

Everyone Out Outdo Had Town Were Just Wanted Played

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him. George Best

Best Our Top Destroy Athlete Him Gets England

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful. George Boole

To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. George Boole

Knowledge World Mind Thought Relations Secret Those Ourselves High Object Laws Perceptive Rational Attained Faculties Merely Beyond Does Matured Unfold Which Stand Need

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it. George Farquhar

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it. George Farquhar

Good Take Name Captain Travelling

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. George Farquhar

Drank Eat Purely Fed Always Ale Sleep

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. George Farquhar

Love Teacher Precepts Sake

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. George Farquhar

Own Crimes Virtues Like Rewards

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony. George Farquhar

Fall Both No Wonder Lead Blind Matrimony Wonder

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. George Farquhar

Crime Poverty Scandal Shameful Like Nor Any Rags

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. George Farquhar

Me Believe Laughed Talked

Money is the sinews of love, as of war. George Farquhar

Love War Money Sinews

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. George Farquhar

Poetry Mere Sir

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity. George William Russell

Tyranny Imagination Universe Virtue Our Worst Varied Roam Infinitely Uniformity

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality. George William Russell

Life Will Sympathy Relation Relations Immortality Some Spirit Ideal Any Human Order Endure Which Social Them Landlord Social Order

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. George William Russell

Time Great You Evoke Eat Spirits Same Same Time

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered. George William Russell

Great Spiritually Always Been Victors Wars Conquered Defeated

The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet. George William Russell

World Wind Kingdom Shall Over Blow Blown Heaven Centuries

I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization. George William Russell

Character Will Country Down Think Destiny Entire Civilization Lay Proposition Policy Trade Denied Controls Which Taxation Whoever Fundamental

Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest. George William Russell

Man Power Nothing Spirit Seems More Protest Makes Than Which

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