- Driving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Car Quotes
Stories that start behind the wheel.
This collection ranges from the craft of filming a car chase to the unfair reality of being profiled while simply driving. It connects well with our Drive quotes for anyone interested in the broader theme of being on the road.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not scared of getting hurt. I'm not scared of, pretty much, anything. If you live your life scared, what's the fun in living it? If you were scared of getting hit by a car, would you still cross the street?
- Fishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ended up buying a van to chuck all my fishing gear in because I couldn't keep using my car.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
The police pull up in back of my car and run my plates - they don't see you as you are; they see you through a racialized negative gaze. I think the best thing is not to internalize it too much, or it'll make you crazy because you know it's going to happen again.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a job since I was 12 years old. I did everything under the sun. I pumped gas. I worked at gas stations, car washes, dry cleaners, anything and everything that I had to do to pay the bills. So for me, I know what it's like to hustle.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros. Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff - the lot. I, on the other hand, was badly paid and devoid of ambition. Then I had a couple of books published and confounded all expectations by starting to earn more than he did.
- Rat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fascinated by the narrative of geology, and I'm a veritable pack rat of a collector on the road. I keep a rock hammer in my car.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, my natural habitat is in a car and I am happiest in that environment.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020