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I always think that the time spent in sport would be wasted time for books
"... Would it be a funny idea to question Michel Onfray in the middle of the World Cup given his lack of appetite for football?
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LE FIGARO.
- We know you above all as a man of spirit, but is Michel Onfray a sportsman?
Michel ONFRAY.
- I was, but by obligation, never by taste.
Until I was 17, I lived with my parents and my brother in a small two-storey house: 17 m2 on the ground floor, the same upstairs.
Sport did not exist at home.
No family transmission therefore, while my dairy driver uncle was a Tour de France fanatic.
There was a football team in my native village, Chambois, in Orne.
A sign announcing the matches and the results was posted in the alley where we lived.
I have never attended a single game...
The world of football is an ethical, moral and political exterritoriality
Michel Onfray
The obligation was school.
I didn't like the sport even though I was pretty good at it.
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