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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.

~Dan Hill

Topics: About Astounding Boxer Day Different Divisions Flipping Had His Noticed One Day Phenomenal Philippines Piece Poverty Ranks Rise Several Sport Star Through Titles Top Toronto Weight Who Won

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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

~Dan Hill

Topics: After Boxer Breaking Crushing Head Hear Hook Horrifying Left Mean Nose Once Receiving Ribs Seats Solar You

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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.

~Dan Hill

Topics: Conviction Did Gold Grammy Loser Nothing Platinum Records

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Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversation starter. Nor was it a favoured activity for dysfunctional couples or suffering individuals.

~Dan Hill

Topics: Activity Allen Conversation Couples Dysfunctional Early Eighties Exactly Hot Individuals Movies Nor Notwithstanding Starter Suffering Therapy Woody Woody Allen

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My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first version at the age of 19.

~Dan Hill

Topics: Age First How Oh Since Sometimes Touch Travelled Version Wrote

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

~Dan Hill

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The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over.

~Dan Hill

Topics: About Best Best Work Bowls Collective Consider More Off Often Over People Simply Something Songwriting Than Thing Tossed Tricky Work You Your

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

~Dan Hill

Topics: Altered Country Crest Existence Live Riding Song Sweeping Wholly World

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

~Dan Hill

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If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilities, and skills training and mentoring, we will all pay more in the long run.

~Dan Hill

Topics: Athletic Classes Facilities Invest Long Long Run Mentoring More Music Now Pay Priority Run Skills So-Called Training Will

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: June 3rd, 1954

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