And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the s — Eduardo Galeano
And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the s — Eduardo Galeano
And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the s — Eduardo Galeano
And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the s — Eduardo Galeano
And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the s — Eduardo Galeano
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And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball.

— Eduardo Galeano
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