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1 " Jimmy was in a league of his own when it came to puerile, half-pissed badinage. "
― Jamie Holoran , Rounder's People
2 " There was something sort of bleak about her tone, rather as if she had swallowed an east wind. This I took to be due to the fact that she probably hadn't breakfasted. It's only after a bit of breakfast that I'm able to regard the world with that sunny cheeriness which makes a fellow the universal favourite. I'm never much of a lad till I've engulfed an egg or two and a beaker of coffee." I suppose you haven't breakfasted?" " I have not yet breakfasted." " Won't you have an egg or something? Or a sausage or something? Or something?" " No, thank you." She spoke as if she belonged to an anti-sausage league or a league for the suppression of eggs. There was a bit of silence. "
3 " Lonely you linger in a league above poetry. "
― Mie Hansson , Where Pain Thrives
4 " On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having children, to lose your fortune, and to give up your civil honor, all for revolutionary conviction, makes for a league of more practical proof than any religious order. "
― Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy , Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man
5 " In the legend of Camelot, King Arthur gave consideration as to how his knights might be positioned spatially to impart a message of power and status. He decided they would have their meetings at a round table, which meant that they were all considered equal and there was no “head of the table.” He built a league based on equality and mutual respect to unify and fortify the power of teamwork. "
― Susan C. Young , The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact (The Art of First Impressions for Positive Impact, #3)
