Dan Hill quote: "I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself."

I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is a...
DAN HILL

When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm ...
DAN HILL

I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I do...
DAN HILL

When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listen...
DAN HILL

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of ...
DAN HILL

The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best w...
DAN HILL

My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
DAN HILL

One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew ...
DAN HILL

I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy...
DAN HILL

When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Fra...
DAN HILL

With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want hi...
DAN HILL

I got the big BMW X5, and I didn't like it. It was just too big, and I didn't feel comfortab...
DAN HILL

In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our we...
DAN HILL

Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kan...
DAN HILL

When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop s...
DAN HILL

Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress i...
DAN HILL

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
DAN HILL

Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a hou...
DAN HILL

If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilit...
DAN HILL

At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen i...
DAN HILL

To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by...
DAN HILL

I missed my father so much when he died that writing about his life and mine was a way of bringing h...
DAN HILL

I was wired to be intense. I don't think that's ever going to change.
DAN HILL

It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was...
DAN HILL

The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
DAN HILL

In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there...
DAN HILL

Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal bo...
DAN HILL

How did George Bensen cut 'In Your Eyes?' How did I work with the Backstreet Boys? It all co...
DAN HILL

Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off ...
DAN HILL

To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered ...
DAN HILL

Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the box...
DAN HILL

While I've won five Junos, I've donated four of them to the National Archives in Ottawa. Whi...
DAN HILL

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better...
DAN HILL

Blessed with Mom and Dad's remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes...
DAN HILL

It's hard being homeless, without your own territory.
DAN HILL

In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in...
DAN HILL

Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racial...
DAN HILL

Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in ...
DAN HILL

Justin did a nice job for his first varsity start. He struck out six, while walking only one.
DAN HILL

Troy pitched well when he was in there.
DAN HILL

After the first inning we let up. We've got be more aggressive to be competitive.
DAN HILL

He did really well today. Get used to that name, he'll be doing some great things.
DAN HILL

It was quite different then Saturday's game. We definitely hit today.
DAN HILL

If we can help people see that it's not just a race, that it's an opportunity to build life-long fri...
DAN HILL

The critical thing addressed here today is that there are a good number of people who do not have a ...
DAN HILL

This is a place to start. It's the first planting of something to grow.
DAN HILL

I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I...
DAN HILL

I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.
DAN HILL

You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write '...
DAN HILL

So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.
DAN HILL

When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adole...
DAN HILL

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.
DAN HILL

My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.
DAN HILL

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until ...
DAN HILL

My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first versi...
DAN HILL

Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversati...
DAN HILL

All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conv...
DAN HILL

In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was b...
DAN HILL

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.
DAN HILL

You succeed and accomplish and accomplish; the problem is when you stop, you become depressed becaus...
DAN HILL

I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
DAN HILL

I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match ...
DAN HILL

Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the nex...
DAN HILL

My problem is I don't have this incredible, hip image. I'm not some flamboyant or gorgeous-l...
DAN HILL

Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either...
DAN HILL

I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving ...
DAN HILL

That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with m...
DAN HILL

I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us thi...
DAN HILL

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing help...
DAN HILL

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many ...
DAN HILL

You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.
DAN HILL

I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible...
DAN HILL

The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up h...
NAPOLEON HILL

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set...
NAPOLEON HILL

A goal is a dream with a deadline.
NAPOLEON HILL

'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the ...
KACY HILL

I have these long nails, but I literally do nothing to them! The thought of filing my nails drives m...
KACY HILL

I take these vitamins that make my hair grow like crazy. They're called Herpanacine, and I get t...
KACY HILL

I have really sensitive skin, so all I use is Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and Moisturizing Cream, ...
KACY HILL

I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Appa...
KACY HILL

I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that&#...
KACY HILL

I myself was a wedding photographer when I was, like, 16.
KACY HILL

I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one ...
KACY HILL

I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and every...
KACY HILL

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
NAPOLEON HILL

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
NAPOLEON HILL

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
NAPOLEON HILL

I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to...
HILL HARPER

Money without brains is always dangerous.
NAPOLEON HILL

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you w...
NAPOLEON HILL

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to ...
NAPOLEON HILL

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
NAPOLEON HILL

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
NAPOLEON HILL

My family and my friends are most important to me. These people are my foundation.
FAITH HILL

There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I w...
FAITH HILL

Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for lif...
FAITH HILL

I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
FAITH HILL

I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.
FAITH HILL

When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what peo...
FAITH HILL

To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or...
FAITH HILL

When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I...
FAITH HILL

The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
FAITH HILL

Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married....
FAITH HILL

I love 'Somebody to Love' by Queen and of course 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is one of my fa...
FAITH HILL

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fu...
FAITH HILL

We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's m...
FAITH HILL

My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a l...
FAITH HILL

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even...
FAITH HILL

I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning a...
FAITH HILL

I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
FAITH HILL

A man who is right by your side through everything makes you happy. But he can leave your side to ma...
FAITH HILL

I'm a very independent woman.
FAITH HILL

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells...
FAITH HILL

Reba is very, very close to everyone around her. She's a classy lady.
FAITH HILL

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He ins...
FAITH HILL

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
FAITH HILL

What position didn't I play last season?
AARON HILL

I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave dec...
JIMMY HILL

It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur.
BARON HILL

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there'...
BARON HILL

I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me.
BARON HILL

I had a really good time working with Jim Cameron. A lot of people didn't, but I did as I got on...
BERNARD HILL

When they first grabbed us, yeah, it terrified, but they calmed me down.
BETTY HILL

I think it's an amazing opportunity, ... I ran a lot of scout team my freshman and sophomore years, ...
ALAN HILL

It will leave boarded up premises on Castle Street - the main street - and create a ghost town.
ALAN HILL

I got to get stronger, ... I'm fast, but I'm not the biggest guy, so I have to be deceptively strong...
ALAN HILL

I think a lot of people are doubting (Milford) after we lost to Sussex Central. Hopefully, Friday wi...
ALAN HILL

I expect to play,
ALAN HILL

We'd obviously like it to have been better. But I don't think we hurt ourselves and that's kind of t...
ALAN HILL

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more w...
DAMON HILL

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I ...
DAMON HILL

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical o...
DAMON HILL

I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at...
DAMON HILL

If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my car...
DAMON HILL

Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we co...
DAMON HILL

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.
DAMON HILL

I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of thi...
DAMON HILL

Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people ...
DAMON HILL

Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals ...
DAMON HILL

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable...
DAMON HILL

I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it ...
DAMON HILL

I have always liked a challenge.
DAMON HILL

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and...
DAMON HILL

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. ...
DAMON HILL

If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pu...
DAMON HILL

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that yo...
DAMON HILL

Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record strai...
DAMON HILL

The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s an...
DAMON HILL

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under...
DAMON HILL

Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.
DAMON HILL

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but...
DANA HILL

Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more...
DANA HILL

I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medic...
DANA HILL

My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is ...
DANA HILL

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so m...
DANA HILL

I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
DANA HILL

I know all the critics.
DANA HILL

I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but...
DANA HILL

I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rat...
DANA HILL

People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, jus...
DANA HILL

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college ...
DANA HILL

I thought we shot the ball well from the outside, especially in the third quarter. We had solid scor...
AARON HILL

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week."
AARON HILL

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells Ring Sabbath knells; The sod's a cushion for his pi...
AARON HILL

There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in melancholy.
AARON HILL

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch, The more the fish, the worse the catch.
AARON HILL

The mind flies back with a grand recoil From debts not due till to-morrow.
AARON HILL

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
AARON HILL

She was one of those who by fortune's boon Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon In her m...
AARON HILL

"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself, "I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf, But who on e...
AARON HILL

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot! Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?-- Once taug...
AARON HILL

Look here, he cries (to give him words): Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds! Look here, t...
AARON HILL

Just as the felon condemn'd to die-- With a very natural loathing-- Leaving the sheriff to dre...
AARON HILL

Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts, By the ma...
AARON HILL

He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes To a lodging ready furnished.
AARON HILL

For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat.
AARON HILL

But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
AARON HILL

Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff, In all his ...
AARON HILL

At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, To...
AARON HILL

A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
AARON HILL

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people-- A daw's...
AARON HILL

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle...
AARON HILL

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not ...
NAPOLEON HILL

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don'...
NAPOLEON HILL

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools ...
NAPOLEON HILL

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is goin...
NAPOLEON HILL

What, then, of the priest's iconic representation of Christ at the altar? If there is no specificall...
WESLEY HILL

If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.
STUART HILL

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
NAPOLEON HILL

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been do...
NAPOLEON HILL

Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.
NAPOLEON HILL

One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is...
NAPOLEON HILL

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
NAPOLEON HILL

There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.
NAPOLEON HILL

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at lea...
NAPOLEON HILL

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
NAPOLEON HILL

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get olde...
GRANT HILL

Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
NAPOLEON HILL

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
NAPOLEON HILL

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponde...
NAPOLEON HILL

I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.

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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.

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