Jacky Ickx Quotes
I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal.
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The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain's long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.
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There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.
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A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.
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Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
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I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.
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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
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As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.
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Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.
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I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy.
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The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.
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I was doing theatre when somebody noticed me and referred me to Raju Hirani. And Raju saw me on camera, and there, I was a heavy guy with long hair. But I got selected for the role of Joy in '3 Idiots.'
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Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on.
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
