- Insurance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freeway Quotes
The freedom, risk and grit of the open road
These quotes swing between the freedom of open Texas highways and far grimmer freeway realities, including injury, medical debt and homelessness under an overpass. Our Between page touches on similar in-between moments.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Homeless
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might be living in a cardboard box under a freeway overpass, homeless, but I won't be silenced.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived in Dallas, and it's a big city, but you can jump on any freeway and drive in any direction for about 30 minutes and you are in the country - open space, wide open, very open, nothin' around.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the state of California realized there would be this many people here caught up in the freeway system.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I resent the label on cigarettes. If they're going to warn you, why don't they put the same sign at the entrance to every freeway or on every banana that's sold? You can slip on the peel, you know.
- Calm
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that's why people crave thrills like roller coasters or scary movies. They give you the chance to feel this very primal emotion in a very controlled environment.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no experience like going down an empty freeway toward a hurricane and then looking in the opposite lane and seeing bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing that scene. Or going to a toxic spill and seeing people go the other way. You talk yourself into thinking you're invincible in order to do that.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I was driving on the L.A. freeway in a small car, it was very unnerving for me. One time I rented an SUV, and it just changed my whole perspective of driving, and I was converted to SUVs from that day on.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shoot, after you've been through freeway traffic in Houston or Dallas, there's no road in the world that can scare you. Besides, we're pretty much used to driving long distances in Texas.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I've been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper - something a little stronger.
- Drainage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at the commercial and industrial development that is going on along the 101. A lot of the infrastructure - the sewer lines and drainage that make development possible - was put in during the freeway construction.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly what happened to the dinosaurs was not good - that was a terrible day for the dinosaurs, very sad. But I have to say, there are a lot of threats we face as people and, as someone who lives in Los Angeles, I'm personally more likely to die from driving on the freeway than I am from an asteroid, so you have to put that risk in perspective.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020