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Railroad Quotes

I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat Picture Quote #1

This is a region [ Far East] with a substantially developed transport and railroad infrastructure. In recent years we have been actively developing road connection Picture Quote #1

My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it Picture Quote #1

Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906] Picture Quote #1

The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market Picture Quote #1

Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices Picture Quote #1

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The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer Picture Quote #1

Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men Picture Quote #1

My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch. Towns are too distracting Picture Quote #1

A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it Picture Quote #1

There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day Picture Quote #1

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history Picture Quote #1

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Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn’t be significantly expanded to a certain degree Picture Quote #1

As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were Picture Quote #1

Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I’m gonna make a song that sounds like that Picture Quote #1

A player’s ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you live from the poor side of the railroad tracks, the less likely that you will be a good rebounder Picture Quote #1

The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks Picture Quote #1

In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is primarily a resultant of care and discipline Picture Quote #1

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We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness Picture Quote #1

The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not we’re going to see in in the next 10 or 20 years, there are people alive today who will see manufacturing in space from moon materials or from asteroids Picture Quote #1

Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Picture Quote #1

Wherever I go, I’m watching. Even on vacation, when I’m in an airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and find out how people do things Picture Quote #1

Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we’re on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track Picture Quote #1

Once I built a railroad, now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Picture Quote #1

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There are two things I don’t care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist’s testimony, and the other is a railroad timetable Picture Quote #1

Railroad iron is a magician’s rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water Picture Quote #1

I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it Picture Quote #1

The whole blear world of smoke and twisted steel around my head in a railroad car, and my mind wandering past the rust into futurity: I saw the sun go down in a carnal and primeval world, leaving darkness to cover my railroad train because the other side of the world was waiting for dawn Picture Quote #1

And that was as far as he got before I heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me: It seemed like I could hear it through the grass, like leaning your ear to a railroad track and feeling the train coming, miles away. As the noise got closer I could hear ragged breaths, and then a voice. It was my mother Picture Quote #1

Ever bike? Now that’s something that makes life worth living!... Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over railroad tracks and bridges, threading crowds, avoiding collisions, at twenty miles or more an hour, and wondering all the time when you’re going to smash up. Well, now, that’s something! And then go home again after three hours of it... and then to think that tomorrow I can do it all over again! Picture Quote #1

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I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat. (Railroad Quotes) This is a region [ Far East] with a substantially developed transport and railroad infrastructure. In recent years we have been actively developing road connection. (Railroad Quotes) My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it. (Railroad Quotes) Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906] (Railroad Quotes) The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market (Railroad Quotes) Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices. (Railroad Quotes) The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer (Railroad Quotes) Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men (Railroad Quotes) My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch. Towns are too distracting (Railroad Quotes) A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it (Railroad Quotes) There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day (Railroad Quotes) Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history (Railroad Quotes) Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn’t be significantly expanded to a certain degree (Railroad Quotes) As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were (Railroad Quotes) Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I’m gonna make a song that sounds like that (Railroad Quotes) A player’s ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you live from the poor side of the railroad tracks, the less likely that you will be a good rebounder (Railroad Quotes) The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks (Railroad Quotes) In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is primarily a resultant of care and discipline (Railroad Quotes) We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness (Railroad Quotes) The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not we’re going to see in in the next 10 or 20 years, there are people alive today who will see manufacturing in space from moon materials or from asteroids (Railroad Quotes) Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime? (Railroad Quotes) Wherever I go, I’m watching. Even on vacation, when I’m in an airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and find out how people do things (Railroad Quotes) Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we’re on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track (Railroad Quotes) Once I built a railroad, now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime? (Railroad Quotes) There are two things I don’t care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist’s testimony, and the other is a railroad timetable (Railroad Quotes) Railroad iron is a magician’s rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water (Railroad Quotes) I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it (Railroad Quotes) The whole blear world of smoke and twisted steel around my head in a railroad car, and my mind wandering past the rust into futurity: I saw the sun go down in a carnal and primeval world, leaving darkness to cover my railroad train because the other side of the world was waiting for dawn (Railroad Quotes) And that was as far as he got before I heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me: It seemed like I could hear it through the grass, like leaning your ear to a railroad track and feeling the train coming, miles away. As the noise got closer I could hear ragged breaths, and then a voice. It was my mother (Railroad Quotes) Ever bike? Now that’s something that makes life worth living!... Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over railroad tracks and bridges, threading crowds, avoiding collisions, at twenty miles or more an hour, and wondering all the time when you’re going to smash up. Well, now, that’s something! And then go home again after three hours of it... and then to think that tomorrow I can do it all over again! (Railroad Quotes)

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