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title: "4 Oil Boom Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [In one way an oil boom is a mighty bad thing, because it gets into your blood and almost becomes an obsession.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-sanders/in-one-way-an-oil-boom-is-a-mighty-bad-thing-because-it-gets-into/)

[Sue Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-sanders/)

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> [Okemah was one of the singingest, square dancingest, drinkingest, yellingest, preachingest, walkingest, talkingest, laughingest, cryingest, shootingest, fist fightingest, bleedingest, gamblingest, gun, club…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-guthrie/okemah-was-one-of-the-singingest-square-dancingest-drinkingest/)

[Woody Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-guthrie/)

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> [I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-ll-say-one-thing-about-an-oil-boom-it-will-teach-a-kid-that-life-s/)

[Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/)

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> [As a Saudi journalist starting my career right after the oil boom of the 1970s, I witnessed the phenomenal growth and expansion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamal-khashoggi/as-a-saudi-journalist-starting-my-career-right-after-the-oil-boom-of/)

[Jamal Khashoggi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamal-khashoggi/)

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