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jlo
12 Mar 2006, 10:42 AM
I am doing some research and need to verify the accuracy of a couple of quotes. Can anybody identify some sources for me? Rep and gratitude to anyone who can help.

First: Socrates (the Brazilian, not the Greek) purportedly said something like: "I think it's much better to lose playing wonderfully than to win playing ugly."

Second: Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian director, purportedly said that Brazilians played soccer poetry (or "art-soccer"), while the rest of the world played soccer prose.

Anybody?

Caesar
12 Mar 2006, 10:46 AM
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jlo
12 Mar 2006, 10:47 AM
I spent an hour looking on google before I came here. Thanks for the insulting response.