A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand…

Mark Twain
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A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand. ✨ Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.394, Courier Corporation
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A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand. ✨ Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.394, Courier Corporation

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