Diego Maradona: the achingly human superstar who embodied Argentina | Marcela Mora y Araujo
25-Nov-2020 22:34:48 | The Guardian
Maradona was a perfect representation of the human ability to be contradictory, to convey ugly and beautiful at once
“A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity” – Friedrich Nietzsche, on love, perseverance, and moving beyond good v evil.
Diego Maradona said that when you’ve been to the moon and back, things get difficult. “You become addicted to the moon and it’s not always possible to come back down.”
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