Mines Quotes (6 quotes)

“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the chocolate industry’s use of minors.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“Coal mines, like a hard life, have seen the best diamonds of innovation, more than any jewel factory.”
― Vikrmn, 10 Golden Steps of Life

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“In a sea of a thousand mines, the crew of the Lifemaker had to be lucky a thousand times, but in that same sea, the Regime only had to be lucky once.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Lifemaker

tags: luck, lucky, mine, mines, regime, sea, unlucky

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“The stylus of time was stricken. The miners were dead. The mines had closed, after the veins went dry of silver. The miners were below the ground in Lone Hill Cemetery.

— Ivy. ( told at Telluride Ski Area )”
― Stephen Deck, Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems

tags: cemetery, death, inspiration, life, life-lessons, mines

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“Live to avoid all the numerous field mines of life.”
― Sunday Adelaja

tags: all, avoid, field, life, live, mines, numerous

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“Κατέβαιναν στα ορυχεία και τα ορυχεία ήταν μια κόλαση επί της γης, και συνεπώς η αντίστροφη απόδειξη της ύπαρξης του Θεού.”
― Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

tags: existence-of-god, mines

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