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"I had the accident way before Star Wars came out, but what really happened has been terribly distorted. I broke my nose, that`s it! But I`ve read accounts about how my face has been reconstructed with plastic surgery and how I was pulling myself along the highway with one arm looking for help. I even heard that I drove off a cliff! That`s the best one of all." - Mark Hamill on his auto accident.

- Mark Hamill

(on the period after shooting The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003):) "My first year in Los Angeles was pretty hellish. I came over here after the high point of `Lord of the Rings,` and I saw all my friends jumping around to jobs, and I had nothing." ... "My manager at the time was not doing anything for me, and I kind of got into a little bit of a funk. I was living in a (lousy) house in a (bad) part of town. I didn`t have a car, and living in L.A. without a car, well, is difficult. I couldn`t get a car because I didn`t have an American bank account and could not get credit. It`s harder to get credit than what you might think. So at that point, I was just hanging out at my place all day, playing `Grand Theft Auto III.` I was waiting for the phone I didn`t have to ring." (Knoxville News- Sentinel, Sept 24, 2004)

- Dominic Monaghan

(when asked why he did the voice of Tommy Vercetti for the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City") "For the money."

- Ray Liotta

An actor is a puppet, manipulated by a dozen other people. Auto racing has dignity. But you need the same absolute concentration. You have to reach inside yourself and bring forth a lot of broken glass.

- Steve McQueen

The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we`re in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

- Vin Diesel

I`m looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.

- David Bowie

Auto Focus, ... A day without sex is a day wasted.

- Bob Crane

As women increasingly join and continue to advance through the management ranks, making major contributions to their companies and the North American auto industry, it`s important to applaud their talents. We`re pleased to shine the spotlight on this impressive group of executives.

- Peter Brown

This type of legislation, which leaves consumers with no choices of coverage and higher rates, would have sent Colorado back down the slippery slope of no-fault auto insurance.

- Kelly Campbell

The weakness of the dollar is having some impact on the market. The weakest sector is the auto sector -- that is an area of the market that has displayed a high degree of sensitivity to currency movements.

- Ian Scott

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

- Jack Thompson

(So where is Garza these days? Back at that same auto-body repair shop - only now he and his brothers own it.) We buy old cars and fix them up, ... It`s something we like to do to get our minds off everything.

- Henry Garza

I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October 1991.

- Holly Johnson

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

- Tom Allen

All major auto manufacturers have developed (hydrogen-fueled) cars, but they are extremely expensive. At least this study will let parks know we`ve found a way to produce enough hydrogen to fuel `X` number of vehicles on an annual basis.

- Brian Warner

(GM and other auto makers also will be hard-pressed to make the $15,000-plus in per-vehicle profits they made back then.) We aren`t riding on these (new) vehicles to save the company, ... There are a number of other attractive alternatives in the market.

- Gary White

This certainly is a good step. That is a pretty strong investment by the federal government to create new markets '¦ In terms of the auto industry, they are greatly appreciative of anything that encourages these technologies.

- Brett Smith

I Worked in the family auto body shop, lifted weights, and rode a few Victory Sports Indoors.

- Ben Jackson

Unless they have more cash on hand, a bigger house plus credit card and auto debt could take them under,

- Steve Carter

Families are being absolutely crushed by the cost of operating their cars right now, from the skyrocketing price of gas to the high cost of auto insurance, ... We`ve done our work, and the numbers are clear.

- Thomas Reilly

The new building is about 10,000 square feet, ... We will run a two-hour block for auto mechanics class in the building.

- John Brennan

you`ve really got an auto-centric mentality among the bureaucratic elite. They`ve got absolutely no conception of the role that rail plays. ... All they`re trying to do is to destroy the company and not have their fingerprints on it.

- David Gunn

Pasco is growing, and we needed to grow with it. We will be a defined auto plaza on 16 acres.

- Michael Kane

What`s most shocking about the controversial - and top-selling - Grand Theft Auto isn`t embedded sex scenes, ... It`s the financial chicanery of the game`s maker. Why don`t investors care?

- Bethany McLean

Her greatness lay in doing what everybody could do but doesn`t. She was unexpected. She was untitled. (She was) an improbable warrior that was leading an unlikely army of waitresses and street sweepers and shopkeepers and auto mechanics.

- Jennifer Granholm

I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.

- Ahmed Abdel Rahman

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

- Alaa Abdel Fattah

A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.

- Alan Chambers

This is the greatest auto market for consumers in decades. They have more selection than ever before and they have more leverage when it comes to price.

- Ann Thompson

Help bridge people out of currency exchanges and used car dealerships and payroll lenders and auto lenders and check cashers,

- Annice Statin

I was really encouraged to see the rebound in activity in June and July. The local economy looks much healthier this summer than it did this past spring. However, a clear up-trend is not yet in place and probably will be slow to develop given the punishing level of energy prices and the prospect of more consolidation in the auto industry.

- Anthony Hernandez

It will allow the company to replace some amount of securities with auto loans, funded by deposits, which should help returns.

- Arnold Bennet

This is our 11th quarter of year-to-year improvement in our earnings. For the auto business, that`s a pretty good track record.

- Art Lester

We stock parts that you often won`t find in a regular auto parts store.

- Ashley Hall

I?m part of the discourse now. I?m not just on the fringe commentating about the auto industry.

- Austin Wilson

If you had an auto accident and you came here and had an MRI and stored your image and your physician is in California, the physician would have access to the image through the Internet,

- Barbara Kolsun

His vehicle is still outstanding, so one possible motive is auto theft, ... Other than that, we don`t really have any motives right now.

- Baronton Terry

Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn`t do much for the auto-immune system.

- Stuart Stevens