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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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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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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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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky

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The cars we drive say a lot about us. – Alexandra Paul

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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when Im washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when youre driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them. – Al Jarreau

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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident. – Patricia Highsmith

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When youre doing a TV show, its not like you just shoot for six weeks and youre in an editing room with all of your footage. Its like a guitar or a car, you have to fine tune things. You stop doing whats not working, you work on what is working and you add things that do work. – Chris Pratt

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Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. – Elie Wiesel

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