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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.
- Silence
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a car in high school, and I never had a car in college. I wasn't much of a run-around.
- Framing
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is often best told from the ground, out of a car window or in someone's kitchen, not through some huge production mechanism or grand framing device.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were in the middle of some kind of legal issue, I would get in my car and drive to Fenway. I'd get to the game early and sit in my seats and say, 'I'm home, I'm happy, and I love it here.' It was my therapy.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an old car that I've rebuilt myself - a 1973 Dodge Challenger - and I also have a 1967 Pontiac GTO.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Driving a race car isn't too far a cry from driving any other sports car, but driving one through Africa in the middle of the night offers a wide scree of new sensations.
- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020