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Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.

David Foster Wallace - Roger Federer as Religious Experience - Tennis - New York Times

(Dear Roger, please go and destroy that grouchy Scot tomorrow. Thanks.)

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Posted on Saturday, July 7, 2012. Tagged with: tennissportsbeautyRoger FedererDavid Foster WallaceWimbledonRoger Federer s Religious Experienceessay
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  7. ecantwell said: He really IS the poet’s tennis player, isn’t he? I was going to say something to that effect originally, but I backed down when I realized I couldn’t explain why. But now I think maybe the lack of explanation IS why. Anyway, Nadal got cheated.
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Byronic
[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.


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