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“Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, Is like being nowhere at all, All through the day how the hours rush by, You sit in the park and you watch the grass die.”

Night Dies Hours Watches Humorous Grass Parks Saturday Ohio Saturday Night Toledo

Author:John Denver

“Every painter must traverse for himself that distance from Paris to Aix (where Paul Cézanne worked a lot, fh) or from Venice to Toledo (where El Greco painted a lot, fh). Expression is for one knowing its own pivot. Every expressor relates solely to himself - that is the concern of the individualist.”

Knowing Expression Concern Distance Painter Relate Paris Venice Traverse Toledo

Author:Marsden Hartley

“The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont to seek a voluntary death rather than yield, blew up their ship when they saw resistance useless'. Blowing up their ships, or at least threatening to do so, would become standard pirate practice.”

Practice Saws Standards Resistance Ships Reputation Instance Useless Yield Capture Threatening Captured Pirate Dutch Turkish Admiral Blowing Up Pirate Ships Toledo

Book:The Pirate Wars

Source: The Pirate Wars

“I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.”

Age Dancing Hip Hop Hips Hops Ohio Toledo

Author:Alyson Stoner

“There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.”

Children Said Morning Raised Get Up Every Morning Retired Phoenix Saying Thank You Thank You God Lebanese Toledo

Author:Jamie Farr

“I am proud to stand with hardworking families all over Toledo, Ohio and America who should have the same chance that I did to share in the American dream, which should be big enough for everybody.”

Should Enough Dream Bigs America Chance Share Proud Should Have American Dream Ohio Hardworking Toledo

Author:Hillary Clinton

“My Dad took a workshop from a photographer who worked at the Toledo Blade, a newspaper I delivered. I knew this photographer's work. My Dad took a night class from him at the University of Toledo. Without that class, I wouldn't have become a photographer, because my Dad came home and taught me what he learned in class.”

Home Night Class Taught Dad Photographer University My Dad Newspapers Blades Workshops Toledo

Author:Sam Abell

“Trotsky found out about him - Leon Trotsky - because A.J.[Muste] worked. He was an activist. And he organized the first sit-in strike in Toledo in a factory. And Trotsky was very impressed with that.”

Firsts Found Strikes Organized Activist Factories Impressed Leon Trotsky Toledo

Author:Nat Hentoff

“In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always will be.”

Mind Stills My Own Fats Anorexia Brunette Toledo

Author:Gloria Steinem

“There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.”

Humans Hands Voice My Own Enemy Wall Arms Thousand Army Caught Loud Harsh Abyss Thunder Blast Trumpets Fiery Inquisition Human Voice Fainting French Army Toledo

Book:Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry and Tales

Source: Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry and Tales

“What do you mean you live someplace where there aren’t any humans? (Danger) In a realm far away from here. (Alexion) Is that like in star Wars? A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away? Want to tell me where your Tatooine is located? Is it anywhere in this universe? Near Toledo maybe? The one in Ohio or Spain? I’m not picky. Can I MapQuest it? (Danger)”

Want Humans Mean Long War Universe Stars Danger Long Time Realms Far Away Galaxy Spain Long Time Ago Ohio Picky Toledo

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going to Toledo but you're actually going to Miami and you might not have enough gas so you might need to buy gas from someone who might take you out if you aren't driving well”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Wells Enough Might Night Driving Gas Marathon Miami Headlights Toledo

Author:Ben Silbermann

“President Obama made the right choice, over 1 million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton, and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, "I've got your back''.”

Made Said Stills Today Turns Choices President Millions Willing Industry President Obama Surviving Romney Ohio Right Choices Auto Industry Got Your Back Toledo

Author:Rahm Emanuel

“It is impossible for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from the appearance of the people or the country whether he is in Toledo, Ohio, or Portland, Oregon. Ninety million Americans cut their hair in the same way, eat each morning exactly the same breakfast, tie up the small girls curls with precisely the same kind of ribbon fashioned into bows exactly alike; and in every way all try to look and act as much like all the others as they can.”