#missouri

Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri. ↗

— Francis Parkman

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The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi. ↗

— George Catlin

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Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings. ↗

— Bob Holden

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I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri. ↗

— Cole Younger

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As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years. ↗

— Kit Bond

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The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent. ↗

— George Catlin

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The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer. ↗

— Marc Davis

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It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. ↗

— Dan Simmons

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The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to. ↗

— Peter Berg

#big #current #feet #fun #guns

If we're going to talk about economic fairness, or about fairness, one of the most pressing economic issues facing families, seniors, and job creators in Missouri and across America is the strain of skyrocketing gas prices. ↗

— Roy Blunt

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