"In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of functionality."

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Source : "Auto-political" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2008.

Martin Jacques

#Expression Quotes #Car Quotes #Design Quotes

“It is hard to tell your mother to change her life.”
“You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.”
“I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding”

Source : Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.1, PublicAffairs
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
“Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.”
“But, brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the CAUSE of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. They don't go into what is the cause of GOODNESS, so why of the other shop?”
“Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.”
“Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.”

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