Author: Serge Schmemann

Quotes

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

- Serge Schmemann

I guess what I'm really saying is something obvious - that there's a unique pride in watching a home team from rival turf, especially when we're not supposed to be any good.

I guess what I'm really saying is something obvious - that there's a unique pride in watching a home team from rival turf, especially when we're not supposed to be any good.

- Serge Schmemann

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

- Serge Schmemann

The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

- Serge Schmemann

Bus routes reach the most obscure corners of Paris. There's also the Metro - and especially the great Line No. 1, which runs on tires under the Champs-Elysees and beyond.

Bus routes reach the most obscure corners of Paris. There's also the Metro - and especially the great Line No. 1, which runs on tires under the Champs-Elysees and beyond.

- Serge Schmemann

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

- Serge Schmemann

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