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Coal Miner Quotes

My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn’t hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn’t warm up good enough, couldn’t throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball Picture Quote #1

Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi Picture Quote #1

Well, I’ll tell you, one of things I’m proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn’t grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine Picture Quote #1

A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father’s side, and it’s sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations Picture Quote #1

I know I’m not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I’d rather be. So, yeah, that’s how I’d define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars Picture Quote #1

The hardest thing I’ve had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none Picture Quote #1

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And I said, ‘A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?’ And he said, ‘Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen Picture Quote #1

The relevant questions now are: How do we move beyond coal? How do we bring new jobs to the coal fields and retrain coal miners for other work? How do we inspire entrepreneurialism and self-reliance in people whose lives have been dependent on the paternalistic coal industry? Picture Quote #1

I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who’s a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory Picture Quote #1

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then Picture Quote #1

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I’ve talked to coal miners, and that’s really hard work Picture Quote #1

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn’t had tuberculosis when I was 12 Picture Quote #1

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Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital Picture Quote #1

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner Picture Quote #1

I think someone in the union has the right to a private vote, and that’s why I’m anti-card check. I grew up in a union family. My grandfather was a coal miner; he was in the union Picture Quote #1

I’ve got the body of a model and the face of a coal miner Picture Quote #1

My father and brothers were coal miners Picture Quote #1

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets Picture Quote #1

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I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal Picture Quote #1

Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one Picture Quote #1

I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms Picture Quote #1

My great - grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then Picture Quote #1

I know I’m not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I’d rather be. So, yeah, that’s how I’d define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars Picture Quote #1

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I’ve talked to coal miners, and that’s really hard work Picture Quote #1

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A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father’s side, and it’s sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations Picture Quote #1

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn’t had tuberculosis when I was 12 Picture Quote #1

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My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn’t hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn’t warm up good enough, couldn’t throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball (Coal Miner Quotes) Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi. (Coal Miner Quotes) Well, I’ll tell you, one of things I’m proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn’t grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine. (Coal Miner Quotes) A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father’s side, and it’s sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations. (Coal Miner Quotes) I know I’m not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I’d rather be. So, yeah, that’s how I’d define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars. (Coal Miner Quotes) The hardest thing I’ve had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none. (Coal Miner Quotes) And I said, ‘A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?’ And he said, ‘Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen. (Coal Miner Quotes) The relevant questions now are: How do we move beyond coal? How do we bring new jobs to the coal fields and retrain coal miners for other work? How do we inspire entrepreneurialism and self-reliance in people whose lives have been dependent on the paternalistic coal industry? (Coal Miner Quotes) I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who’s a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory. (Coal Miner Quotes) My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then. (Coal Miner Quotes) I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I’ve talked to coal miners, and that’s really hard work. (Coal Miner Quotes) Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn’t had tuberculosis when I was 12. (Coal Miner Quotes) Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital. (Coal Miner Quotes) I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner (Coal Miner Quotes) I think someone in the union has the right to a private vote, and that’s why I’m anti-card check. I grew up in a union family. My grandfather was a coal miner; he was in the union (Coal Miner Quotes) I’ve got the body of a model and the face of a coal miner (Coal Miner Quotes) My father and brothers were coal miners (Coal Miner Quotes) Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets (Coal Miner Quotes) I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal (Coal Miner Quotes) Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one (Coal Miner Quotes) I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms (Coal Miner Quotes) My great - grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then (Coal Miner Quotes) I know I’m not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I’d rather be. So, yeah, that’s how I’d define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars (Coal Miner Quotes) I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I’ve talked to coal miners, and that’s really hard work (Coal Miner Quotes) A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father’s side, and it’s sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations (Coal Miner Quotes) Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn’t had tuberculosis when I was 12 (Coal Miner Quotes)