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My father worked for the railroad, and whenever a train crashed, we would go as a family and steal food from the boxcars. One year we stole a case of butterscotch pudding that was for export to Israel. It took us years to get through.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Case Crashed Export Family Father Food Get Go Israel Pudding Railroad Steal Stole Through Took Train Us Whenever Worked Would Year Years

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'Robopocalypse' joins a proud tradition of techno-apocalyptic tales, stretching from high-flying Icarus, to Frankenstein's monster, and to many a giant radioactive creature who has crashed the streets of Tokyo. And then, of course, there's the Terminator.

~Daniel H. Wilson

Topics: Course Crashed Creature Frankenstein Giant Many Monster Proud Radioactive Streets Stretching Tales Then Tokyo Tradition Who

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I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen and put them in my pocket, just in case we crashed and I needed to write a letter from wherever we landed.

~Daniela Pestova

Topics: Back Bumps Case Coming Crashed Forty Got Grabbed Had Just Landed Letter Minutes Needed Paper Pen Pocket Put Recently Scared Them Wherever Write

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In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded and crashed down to Earth less than two minutes after takeoff. The cause of that crash, it turned out, was an inexpensive rubber O-ring in the booster rocket that had frozen on the launchpad the night before and failed catastrophically moments after takeoff.

~David Autor

Topics: After Before Cause Challenger Crash Crashed Down Down To Earth Earth Exploded Failed Frozen Had Inexpensive Less Minutes Moments Night Out Rocket Rubber Shuttle Space Space Shuttle Than Turned Two

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I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.

~David Blaine

Topics: Anticipation Caesar Crashed Credibility Did Everything Fountain Gave He Kind Over Then Think You I Think

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In 1996, Trump had crashed a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a charity opening a nursery school for children with AIDS. Trump, who had never donated to the charity, stole a seat onstage that had been saved for a big contributor.

~David Fahrenthold

Topics: Aids Been Big Ceremony Charity Children Contributor Crashed Donated Had Never Nursery Onstage Opening Saved School Seat Stole Trump Who

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Helping Wall Street regain confidence and stability was the last thing an angry public wanted in 2009 after the markets crashed. But without such support, markets can buckle and liquidity can disappear - often for decades, as has been the case in Japan.

~David Ignatius

Topics: After Angry Been Case Confidence Crashed Decades Disappear Helping Japan Last Liquidity Markets Often Public Regain Stability Street Support Thing Wall Wall Street Wanted Without

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The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

~David Millar

Topics: Back Bike Car Crashed First First Time Five Four Rode Time

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You can crash on one set of rocks or the other set of rocks, and they crashed on the other set of rocks, which was probably being too little to be commercially viable.

~David Talbot

Topics: Being Commercially Crash Crashed Little Other Rocks Set Too Viable Which You

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I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.

~Dick Van Dyke

Topics: Crashed Everything Lost Market Old Stock Stock Market Years

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