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"People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy."

"People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy."

Demetri Martin, American Comedian

Car, People, Driving, Will

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"To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump."

"To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump."

Geoffrey Boycott, British Athlete

29

"A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners."

"A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

28

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

Cuba Gooding, Jr., American Actor

Car, Being, Job, School

28

"A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it."

"A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it."

Sterling Marlin, American Athlete

28

"When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race."

"When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race."

Jeff Gordon, American Athlete

Car, Emotions, Race

28

"Unfortunately we don't have all the bits and pieces on the car that we had hoped to have by this stage so we've got to make as good a job as we can with what we have and we feel we are doing well with that at the moment."

"Unfortunately we don't have all the bits and pieces on the car that we had hoped to have by this stage so we've got to make as good a job as we can with what we have and we feel we are doing well with that at the moment."

David Leslie, American Journalist

28

"I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that. I have a relationship to car culture. It isn't really about loving cars. It's sort of about needing them."

"I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that. I have a relationship to car culture. It isn't really about loving cars. It's sort of about needing them."

Matthew Barney, American Artist

28

"The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams."

"The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams."

Steve Winwood, English Musician

Car, Dreams, Living, Man

28

"Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore."

"Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore."

Tony Stewart, American Celebrity

Car, Home, Freedom, Race

28

"When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten."

"When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten."

Buddy Rice, American Celebrity

28

"You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that."

"You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that."

Michael Fassbender, German Actor

27

"The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam."

"The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam."

J. G. Ballard, British Author

Car, Dreams, American, Assassination

27

"If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader."

"If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader."

Thomas S. Foley, American Politician

27

"I think, like everybody else in New Hampshire, when I pull up to fill up my car and I pay $50, I get upset. And I'm wondering if these prices are legitimate."

"I think, like everybody else in New Hampshire, when I pull up to fill up my car and I pay $50, I get upset. And I'm wondering if these prices are legitimate."

Judd Gregg, American Politician

27

"Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood."

"Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood."

Coolio, American Musician

Car, Driving, Man

27

"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car."

"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car."

Carrie P. Snow, American Comedian

27

"They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning."

"They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

27

"A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me."

"A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

Car, Guitar, Old, Songs

27

"I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the Reynard, and I feel that it is."

"I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the Reynard, and I feel that it is."

Al Unser, American Athlete

27

"By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion."

"By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

27

"Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car."

"Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Car, Film, Now, Trying

26

"Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"

"Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

26

"I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car."

"I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car."

Billy Corgan, American Musician

26

"Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood."

"Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Car, Mother, Father, Hollywood

26

"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."

"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."

Marion Berry, American Politician

Car, Police, Promise

25

"I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car."

"I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car."

Danica Patrick, American Celebrity

25

"A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?"

"A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?"

Charles Dance, English Actor

Car, Being, Day, Name

25

"Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much."

"Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much."

Daniel S. Greenberg, American Journalist

24

"I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.'"

"I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.'"

Walter Mosley, American Novelist

Car, Father, People, Today

23

"I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem."

"I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem."

Lou Thesz, American Athlete

23

"Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations."

"Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations."

Susan Faludi, American Writer

Car, Men, Support

23

"It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car."

"It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car."

Carroll Shelby, American Designer

23

"I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver."

"I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver."

Rodger Ward, American Celebrity

Car, Experience, Race, Training

23

"I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read."

"I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read."

Janis Ian, American Musician

22

"We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car."

"We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car."

Brody Armstrong, Australian Musician

Car, Music, Driving

22

"My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car."

"My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

22

"A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately."

"A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately."

Eleanor Robson Belmont, English Actress

22

"Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well."

"Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well."

Buck Baker, American Celebrity

22

"I'm not a bad driver. And I never will be because I took lessons when I was quite a boy. I never had to pass a test because there wasn't such a thing when I first started driving a motor car. So I didn't have to pass one."

"I'm not a bad driver. And I never will be because I took lessons when I was quite a boy. I never had to pass a test because there wasn't such a thing when I first started driving a motor car. So I didn't have to pass one."

Richard Murdoch, British Comedian

Car, Driving, First, Will

21

"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space."

"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Car, Driving, Housework, Silence

19

"The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers."

"The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Car, Washington

19

"Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out."

"Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out."

David Alan Grier, American Comedian

19

"Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth."

"Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

18

"In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it."

"In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it."

Bill Conti, American Director

Car, Music, Movies, Mind

18

"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president."

"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Car, Time, Behavior, President

17

"Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set."

"Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Car, Dreams, Freedom, Nothing

16

"I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car."

"I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Car, Friend, Friends

14

"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down."

"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

13

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Car, Dogs, Nothing, Right

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