
As quoted in TIME magazine (6 October 1952)
1950s
Sivakozhundu of Tiruvazhundur (1939)
Context: It is natural for a train to run on its tracks. We get into a train because we believe that it will do that. But once in a while the train runs off the rails, and there’s an accident. Those who don’t actually witness such a happening can say, “No train will run off the rails, it is unnatural for it to do so”.
As quoted in TIME magazine (6 October 1952)
1950s
“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light — every eye looking on finds its own”
Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture (1862)
Nicholas Sparks, Chapter 12, p. 206
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)
“Down by the tracks watching trains go by
To remind me: there are places that aren't here.”
Carousels.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
Variant: Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
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