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“We often ask ourselves what world we are leaving to our children,” he once said. “We might want to ask, too: What children are we leaving to the world?”
― The Staff of the Wall Street Journal, Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome

“Once asked what he felt was the greatest sin, he answered hatred, but then added a close second was people who “put on airs” and act superior to others.”
― The Staff of the Wall Street Journal, Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome

“Neymar went off on a stretcher, there was no sense around the stadium that his tournament was done. Everyone was far more preoccupied by Brazil hanging onto its slender lead.”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil

“Irony”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil

“with fans seeking”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil

“was knocked out of the tournament with a cracked vertebra—but”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil

“Over $500 Million Later, Brazil’s Maracanã Is Still Cursed”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil

“Saipov studied accounting in Uzbekistan. Then he got a U.S. green card and his life fell apart.”
― The Wall Street Journal

“less down the road. Brazilians are known to hang streamers and paint their streets in the green and yellow of the country’s flag at Cup time. There was almost none of that. On opening day, at the Itaquerão, São Paulo was cold, drizzly and flagless. Tension”
― The Wall Street Journal, The Unforgettable World Cup: 31 Days of Triumph and Heartbreak in Brazil