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My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the station in Jackson,… — Alan Huffman
I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village. — Barry Hannah
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row… — Susan Glaspell
When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
The Mississippi coast is not like south Florida, but it always seems warm enough for sandals and short-sleeved shirts, except for now and then. — Ellen Gilchrist
Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were… — John Moody
This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi. — Amiri Baraka
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. — Jerry Costello
It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, and those west of it,… — Richard Parks Bland
While the level of support we can each provide certainly varies, it is very important at this time that we all do what we can… — Jo Bonner
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there… — Ron Kind
One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so we could work… — Ron Kind
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect… — Charles Lyell
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the… — Leonard Boswell
For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urge support of the upper Mississippi… — Leonard Boswell
Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of… — Sela Ward
In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the… — Carl Clinton Van Doren
The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state… — Mary Ann Mobley
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects… — Zebulon Pike
Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a black domestic cleaning… — Kathryn Stockett
I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But I have an… — Richard Ford
Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were… — Jeff Greenfield
The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the… — Ronnie Musgrove
Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control. — Ronnie Musgrove
I'm concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. There's no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi… — Saxby Chambliss

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