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The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. ↗


— Arthur Scargill


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You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament. ↗


— Arthur Scargill


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I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days. ↗


— Dick Schaap


#clear #cliches #common #days #how

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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I was also in love with the English language. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. ↗


— Dick Schaap


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