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No man can resolve himself into Heaven. ↗

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California. ↗

— John Moody

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The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. ↗

— John Moody

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The negative cost of Lewis and Clark entering the Garden of Eden is that later expeditions regardless of what they were intended to do, later expeditions did not deal with the native peoples with the intelligence with the almost kindly resolve that Lewis and Clark did. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

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No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution. ↗

— An Wang

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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'. ↗

— Henry Moore

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To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful. ↗

— Roger Moore

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It's your body and your life and you have an absolute right to do with it as you choose. ↗