June1 --

Quotable Quotes of the week

Iran's enemies are like dogs - if you retreat , they attack and if you attack , they retreat -- Mahmud Ahmadinejad -- Iran's President hitting out at the United States

I have weathered many political storms. In politics, today's winner is tomorrow's loser -- Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD Chief ( Yenna thathuvam !! )

It is my view, both as home minister and as a lawyer that the material we provided is more than adequate -- P.Chidambaram on the evidence given to Pakistan on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks

I am not bad guy. In a bad mood , I may react strongly but the next moment , I will apologise -- Salman Khan ( nice guy !! )

The Shattered Dreams of ManU

ManU the defending European Cup champion was booted out of its dreams by a great performance by Barcelona -- ManU were outplayed in the final losing 0-2 to Barca the deserving winners -- It was a match that Barca dominated for all the time except the first nine minutes -- ManU started aggressively and could have scored anytime in the first nine minutes - But a breakaway 10th minute goal by Samuel Etoh for Barca changed the match totally -- After the goal , ManU looked listless , allowing Barca to literally toy with them -- they never saw possession of the ball and ran aimlessly around the pitch as Barca took over possession -- the ball was always with Barca and it stuck to them like a magnet -- Such was Barca's dominance -- half time changes in the ranks did little to change the course of the match and its result -- Suddenly , ManU looked like a side that had no motivation to win -- There was no cohesion , missed passes , frantic clearances which went to Barca players , no plan and on on ..
It was a great disappointment to many ManU fans who thought they will repeat the " double " that they did last year -- alas , it was only a dream-- on to 2009 ….

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Anonymous said…
Dear Sri -- all the quotes were good this time.

I read another one yesterday in The Hindu on Obama's dinner with his wife.

“Putting on a show: Obamas wing into the city for an evening out while another iconic American company prepares for bankruptcy.”

Babu PR
10:16 PM
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