Quote by Leon Trotsky
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. – Leon Trotsky

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Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain — at least in a poor country like Russia — and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. – Leon Trotsky

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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

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When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the form of waste heat? Thats why you have a radiator in your car in the first place. – Wilson Greatbatch

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No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences. – David R. Ellis

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You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance. – Emerson Fittipaldi

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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline – she always says, Mummy, keep the door open, when Im filling up the car. Ive heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world – maybe thats something to study for my next fragrance! – Kate Moss

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Do you know what the overhead is of the Medicare system? One-point-zero-five percent. Do you know what – private insurance is 30 percent in overhead and profits? Given a choice how Im going to improve health care, Im going to take it away from private insurance profits and overhead. Wouldnt you? – Anthony Weiner

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It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. – John Steinbeck

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I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more. – Shigeru Miyamoto

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When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. – John Lubbock

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