Bill Toomey Quotes
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
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I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
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I don't wear perfume, and I rarely wear jewelry.
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White racial grievance enjoys automatic credibility, and even when disproven, it is never disqualifying of its bearers.
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I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. I love saying the word again and again: Jeggings! Jeggings! Jeggings!
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I have never voted a party line. I vote on the individual and the issues.
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I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there to school me.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long.
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I like to stay home with my family. But travel is good in a way. It makes you redefine each other each time you see each other. Also, it helps that I think my wife is the hottest woman in the world.
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Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
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What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.
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Habits are more powerful than fears.
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Even under the best of circumstances men are hard creatures to trap. Women who flatter themselves into thinking they've trapped one are like people who believe they can get rid of the cockroaches in their kitchen. They're in for a big surprise late one night when they turn on the light.
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It is always possible to improve.
