Bill Toomey Quotes
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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I've always taken direction pretty well.
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Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
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My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.
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I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.
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Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
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There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running.
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The unfortunate thing about this planet is that we are in no shortage of ignorance.
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Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.
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'It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God’s goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.'
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It is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential.
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I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.
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My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding.
