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To voters here, the perception of his answer will be that it’s better than the 1849 law, if he signs that law, that will be an improvement of the law that’s here. It may not be as middle of the road as some states, but it’s better than what we currently have in many people’s minds. – Bill McCoshen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A horse walks down the middle of the road. A human being, on the other hand, sticks to one extreme or the other. – Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk	added by davidb 1 year ago
One was said that Paul had pushed his housemate down the stairs, and she died, and nothing ever happened, and another one, there was something that Paul was supposedly involved with a guy, got found beat up in the middle of the road, that they got out of. – Connor Cook	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Allen West know what my dad taught me ? i grew up in Georgia. He said the only thing in the middle of the road is roadkill, and I don't want to be roadkill. – Allen West	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway. – Danny DeVito	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
I would certainly say that in my lifetime, I've never seen the issue of reparations being taken as seriously as it is now, it has been considered a fringe issue, kind of a radical issue and one that you would not see talked about in kind of middle-of-the-road politics, but that has changed. – Nikole Hannah-Jones	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I’m on the way home. I’m straight, alright, but you’re walking in the middle of the road. – Rodney Reese	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Do we want to fight on a political terrain that advantages the worst among the capitalist class and the right wing ? Or do we want to fight on the terrain that advantages the middle of the road centrist moderate option ? I think one of those options gives us as a movement a better opportunity to strategize and move forward. – Aaron Bryant	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They can't stop someone in the middle of the road, hop out with( guns), create a dangerous situation and avail themselves of stand your ground or self-defense. That's just not how the law's designed to work. it's a travesty of justice that they enjoyed their freedom for 74 days after taking the life of a young black man who was simply jogging. Yet, tomorrow, on Ahmaud's birthday, his parents are denied the simple joy of celebrating with their son. – Benjamin Crump	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I was stuck in the middle of the road on Hollywood Boulevard and nobody would stop. the police came and they got the feces out of my eyes so I could sort of see. – Van Tassell	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need a' middle of the road' approach to save our lives. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say Jay Inslee need to find a middle-of-the-road approach to save Jay Inslee lives. – New York	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to have a 'middle of the road approach' to save our lives, that is too much for me. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He walked straight out in the middle of the road and he shot me, then he shot me again, i guess I always thought something like that would happen in school because we talk so much about school shootings. – Deborah Judd , 56	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
On the [ American radio ] chart, which is the middle-of-the-road chart, Ed Sheeran is still No. 1 and Shape Of You is still in the chart, it’s like, ‘ Why ? – Elton John	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Two blocks over, I saw another gentleman unconscious in the middle of the road and a policeman leaning over him holding his neck. – Christian Ali	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think that very well-grounded, middle-of-the-road, solid Dutch citizens have been a bit concerned about what has been happening in Washington, the trouble is [the results] are very difficult to predict. You've got no less than 28 parties running in this campaign, and you're probably going to ... end up with a very complicated coalition and Mr. Wilders is not going to be part of it. – Quentin Peel	Found on CNN 7 years ago
There is a pronounced partisan agenda on energy, there’s no middle of the road anymore. – Robert McNally	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There’s no middle of the road anymore. – Robert McNally	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead animals. – Tony Perkins	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He asked for my ID ; I gave him my ID, i don't know where you live. All I know is you're out in the middle of the road. – Rufus Scales	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm Presbyterian, boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The market at this point should expect nothing less, and if she says that, they should be no more surprised than they were yesterday, that's been well telegraphed, and I think she'll go right down the middle of the road. – Ryan Larson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You always have your overachievers, then your middle-of-the-road sales guys, then the bottom tier, the contests always had the same results, with the top salespeople winning. I had to start handicapping people, and the people at the top felt they were being punished for being good. The people at the lower end never paid attention to the contests because they felt like they’d never win. – Brian Brady	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

To voters here, the perception of his answer will be that it’s better than the 1849 law, if he signs that law, that will be an improvement of the law that’s here. It may not be as middle of the road as some states, but it’s better than what we currently have in many people’s minds.

– Bill McCoshen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A horse walks down the middle of the road. A human being, on the other hand, sticks to one extreme or the other.

– Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

added by davidb
1 year ago

One was said that Paul had pushed his housemate down the stairs, and she died, and nothing ever happened, and another one, there was something that Paul was supposedly involved with a guy, got found beat up in the middle of the road, that they got out of.

– Connor Cook

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Allen West know what my dad taught me ? i grew up in Georgia. He said the only thing in the middle of the road is roadkill, and I don't want to be roadkill.

– Allen West

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

– Danny DeVito

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

I would certainly say that in my lifetime, I've never seen the issue of reparations being taken as seriously as it is now, it has been considered a fringe issue, kind of a radical issue and one that you would not see talked about in kind of middle-of-the-road politics, but that has changed.

– Nikole Hannah-Jones

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I’m on the way home. I’m straight, alright, but you’re walking in the middle of the road.

– Rodney Reese

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Do we want to fight on a political terrain that advantages the worst among the capitalist class and the right wing ? Or do we want to fight on the terrain that advantages the middle of the road centrist moderate option ? I think one of those options gives us as a movement a better opportunity to strategize and move forward.

– Aaron Bryant

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They can't stop someone in the middle of the road, hop out with( guns), create a dangerous situation and avail themselves of stand your ground or self-defense. That's just not how the law's designed to work. it's a travesty of justice that they enjoyed their freedom for 74 days after taking the life of a young black man who was simply jogging. Yet, tomorrow, on Ahmaud's birthday, his parents are denied the simple joy of celebrating with their son.

– Benjamin Crump

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I was stuck in the middle of the road on Hollywood Boulevard and nobody would stop. the police came and they got the feces out of my eyes so I could sort of see.

– Van Tassell

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need a' middle of the road' approach to save our lives.

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say Jay Inslee need to find a middle-of-the-road approach to save Jay Inslee lives.

– New York

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to have a 'middle of the road approach' to save our lives, that is too much for me.

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He walked straight out in the middle of the road and he shot me, then he shot me again, i guess I always thought something like that would happen in school because we talk so much about school shootings.

– Deborah Judd , 56

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

On the [ American radio ] chart, which is the middle-of-the-road chart, Ed Sheeran is still No. 1 and Shape Of You is still in the chart, it’s like, ‘ Why ?

– Elton John

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Two blocks over, I saw another gentleman unconscious in the middle of the road and a policeman leaning over him holding his neck.

– Christian Ali

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I think that very well-grounded, middle-of-the-road, solid Dutch citizens have been a bit concerned about what has been happening in Washington, the trouble is [the results] are very difficult to predict. You've got no less than 28 parties running in this campaign, and you're probably going to ... end up with a very complicated coalition and Mr. Wilders is not going to be part of it.

– Quentin Peel

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There is a pronounced partisan agenda on energy, there’s no middle of the road anymore.

– Robert McNally

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There’s no middle of the road anymore.

– Robert McNally

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead animals.

– Tony Perkins

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

He asked for my ID ; I gave him my ID, i don't know where you live. All I know is you're out in the middle of the road.

– Rufus Scales

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm Presbyterian, boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The market at this point should expect nothing less, and if she says that, they should be no more surprised than they were yesterday, that's been well telegraphed, and I think she'll go right down the middle of the road.

– Ryan Larson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You always have your overachievers, then your middle-of-the-road sales guys, then the bottom tier, the contests always had the same results, with the top salespeople winning. I had to start handicapping people, and the people at the top felt they were being punished for being good. The people at the lower end never paid attention to the contests because they felt like they’d never win.

– Brian Brady

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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