"Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right."
"If we want a book to do more than what it does, that's a condemnation. If we want it to do more of what it does, that's an endorsement."
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Source: Clive James (2011). “The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005-2008”, p.60, Pan Macmillan
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