Bill Toomey Quotes
When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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The fashion world tells me how much they love my work, but they don't hire me very often. Tom Ford did, and he hated it. Naturally, he wanted to Photoshop away the imperfections, which is perfectly understandable. They want their vision.
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It's the sum of many parts which grow to be something great.
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I that please some, try all, both joy and terror Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error.
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People are overweight and starving at the same time. It's a tragedy for both the individual and society.
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In New York, my dad raised me to listen to everything like hip-hop, rock and country music. When I moved to Dallas, I started listening to whatever I wanted to listen to.
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When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.
