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" Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car. "

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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" There's a perception that police are less likely to do the marginal additional policing that suppresses crime: the getting out of your car at 2 in the morning and saying to a group of guys, 'What are you doing here?' "

" People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby. "

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" I don't own a car. "

" The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. "

" I do not own a car, and my main form of travel to Westminster and in my constituency is by bicycle. I also take my bike on trains to meetings in other parts of the country, which enables me to see other cities and the other parts of the country. "

" To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick. "

" The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. "

" Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars. "

" My earliest musical memory is of my older sister playing me Nirvana's 'Nevermind' on headphones in the back of the car on a road trip. "

" Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models. "

" Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics. "

" I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand. "

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

" In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear. "

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" Today there are two points where a car manufacturer has interaction with you as an owner of a car. One, you buy the car. Two, you go to the car shop to repair the car. "

" Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile. "

James Norman Hall

" Go into the auto mechanic, you've got to know computers to be able to work on the cars. "

Ann McLane Kuster

" I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions. "

" When I turned 16 and got my license, the Chevy Blazer was passed down from my sister, so it was very much a starter car. "

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" I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift. "

" Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

" A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide. "