Racing Quotes - Page 27

• I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Feels Just, Spirit, Get Involved

  "Kimi Raikkonen coming to NASCAR... with Foster Gillett". sports.yahoo.com. March 29, 2011.

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• England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box.

  George Orwell

  Country, Horse, Kings

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.275, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.

  Kevin Keegan

  Interest

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• Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Christian, Horse, Struggle

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• As you can see, visually, with your eyes.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Eye, Motor Racing

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• All Politicians should be required to wear uniforms like Racing Car Drivers with patches showing the donations received from special interest groups so we know who has paid them off!

  John Wallace

  Car, Special, Uniforms

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• Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy.

  Colin Chapman

  Race, Car, Together

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• The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit... People understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less... Coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing.

  Nigel Lawson

  Monday, People, Black

  Speech to the Conservative Party Conference, October 13, 1988.

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• I want to have time. When you're doing a monthly book, you're like a man racing after a bus. You're breathless and red-faced. I want to build in quality control.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Men, Quality

  "J. Michael Straczynski Talks Studio JMS, Joe’s Comics, EPIDEMIC, VLAD DRACULA, His Desire To Work With Neil Gaiman, and More". Interview with Bill Graham, collider.com. July 28, 2012.

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• I live within the vivid colors of my imagination, soaring with rainbow-feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient tribal jewels, dancing with mythical tigers in steamy jungles.

  Laurel Burch

  Jewels, Color, Wind

  "Marin County artist Laurel Burch dead at 61 of rare bone disease" by Heather Maddan, www.sfgate.com. September 23, 2007.

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• You won't catch me driving a race car that I have built.

  Colin Chapman

  Race, Car, Driving

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• If at first you don't succeed, then drag racing isn't for you.

  Christopher Titus

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Funny Work

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• Greyhound racing is a self-regulating gambling business that depends on the uncontrolled breeding and unaccountable disappearance of thousands of dogs every year. That is a situation that is unacceptable and indefensible

  Annette Crosbie

  Dog, Gambling, Self

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• Technical progress and more comfortable living permit the systematic inclusion of libidinal components into the realm of commodity production and exchange. But no matter how controlled the mobilization of instinctual energy may be (it sometimes amounts to a scientific management of libido), no matter how much it may serve as a prop for the status quo - it is also gratifying to the managed individuals, just as racing the outboard motor, pushing the power lawn mower, and speeding the automobile are fun.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Fun, Progress, Energy

  "One-Dimensional Man" by Herbert Marcuse, (p. 75), 1964.

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• I'm always nervous. If I wasn't nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It's part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I'm there and I'm ready.

  Allyson Felix

  Mean, Race, Feelings

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• Again, racing for me was about energy management.

  Frank Shorter

  Energy, Management

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• More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

  Brock Yates

  Book, Car, Motorcycle

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• Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Courses

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• Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Two

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• The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Circuits

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• The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Tire

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• I was there when I said it.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Said

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• Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Twenties

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• I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Motor

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• And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Car

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