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Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn`t have a motor attached.

- David Brenner

It`s that I don`t like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room.

- Helmut Newton

I am very happy because motor racing is very important outside the states, very big all over the world.

- Emerson Fittipaldi

(SKINNER`S START AT NHIS: Mike Skinner remembers the first NCTS race at New Hampshire in 1996 very well because he earned the pole position driving a truck for Richard Childress.) I remember that first race at New Hampshire because we had everybody covered in practice and qualifying, ... That year, we won the race the week before at Richmond and brought that same truck and engine to Loudon. Back then you would run the engine for a couple races. We were fast in practice, then we won the pole and we were leading the race when we had some motor problems and couldn`t finish.

- Mike Skinner

The only thing I can figure out without going into the motor is that it looks like it broke a main stud (one of three inside the engine which holds the crankshaft in place), ... From there, somehow it wedged the rod in the cylinder which eventually led to it breaking. As soon as it started, you could tell something was wrong. It was the first time in all my years in racing that I`ve seen something like this happen to us.

- Joe Amato

That would`ve been a pretty good run. The motor was off for nine-tenths of a second.

- Terry Adams

We changed motors for the last run. It was the motor we had in for our first run and there was a little problem then. We fixed that and the car ran well. This is sure a lot better feeling than we had two weeks ago (when the team failed to qualify at Memphis). Having more power sure makes the car work better.

- Terry Adams

We have had more sales for this year`s grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.

- Jackie Stewart

Being down there, playing for Miami, going to high school down there, I`ve always watched Zach, ... Zach is a good friend of mine and I love the way he plays. I just think he`s got a great motor and a great nose for the ball. Any time you have that as a linebacker, you`re going to be as good as Zach.

- Dan Morgan

In our view, current financial market psychology is under-estimating the negative impact that rising joblessness will have on the housing and motor vehicle markets in the first half of 2002,

- David Orr

I wanna thank State Fair Motor Speedway for puttin` on the show. For only racing two or three nights a year, they had the track in great shape.

- Brian Brown

We provide insurance for all sectors of the motor trade. However, to remain competitive, it is important that we combat fraud at all levels. I see Advances playing a crucial role in achieving this and I am encouraged by the results Advances is delivering for its existing customers.

- John Harvey

Police departments around the country are recognizing that it is a very bad idea to shoot at a motor vehicle, ... Leading departments in America have prohibited officers from shooting at cars, because it doesn?t help the officer, it doesn?t stop the car, and it just turns the car into an unguided missile.

- David Rosen

(Motor racing has been) damaged, maybe irrevocably so in North America

- Frank Williams

A family has a car, a motor-home, and a boat, ... They want to take everything with them, so you have extra vehicles on the road, which contributes to the delay.

- Paul Edward Clark

A family has a car, a motor home and a boat. They want to take everything with them, so you have extra vehicles on the road, which contributes to the delay.

- Paul Edward Clark

(Bell got his feet wet in online marketing as director of retail marketing and e-business at Ford Motor Co.) My first job was to clean up the mess from the various Internet acquisitions made at Ford, ... The real gem was forddirect.com, which we were able to establish technically, and also gain the support of the dealer network via ownership and usage. In many ways, the things I learned at Ford about how they structured the Web influenced my later decisions at Daimler-Chrysler.

- Jeff Bell

I think it`s great for her and for promoting women in motor sports. She`s done a lot of good things to draw attention to women, which is somewhat necessary when you`re looking for the funding to run these teams.

- Melanie Troxel

You might not think that`s cricket, and it`s not, it`s motor racing.

- Murray Walker

I`ve always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn`t put `em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

- Alan Meckler

Before leaving camp in 1902 we were already at work on the general design of a new machine which we proposed to propel with a motor.

- Amjad Jamal

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.

- Amjad Jamal

We decided to place the motor to one side of the man, so that in case of a plunge head first, the motor could not fall upon him.

- Amjad Jamal

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.

- Amjad Jamal

When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.

- Amjad Jamal

In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.

- Amjad Jamal

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.

- Amjad Jamal

Obviously, Wrigley Field is similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in that it has that same mystique to it, ... I don`t follow baseball too much, but I know how cool that stadium is and the history and heritage behind it.

- Angela Hefel

The capacity expansion project for P&H Mining which was approved by our board in May will not be completed until the end of fiscal 2006. The only other new capacity that will be coming on line in the next 12 months is the shuttle car and motor centers of excellence for Joy Mining in Lebanon, Kentucky, though, for the most part, Joy Mining is constrained by supply chain limits rather than internal capacity. Therefore, it is imperative that our critical suppliers support us as we strive for increased revenues. Assuming that progress can be made in this area, we now believe that total revenues in the coming 12 months will be in the range of $2.15 to $2.35 billion.

- Angie Watson

The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years. It`s a major limitation to the amount of freight that motor carriers can haul. It`s critical that we find ways to tap a new labor pool, increase wages and recruit new people into the industry that keeps our national economy moving.

- Anne Lamott

The U.S. trucking industry, which moves 70 percent of domestic freight, is on schedule to pay $6.6 billion more for fuel this year than last -- a total of $94.3 billion, so the actions announced by the White House have the support of our motor carriers.

- Anne Lamott

Outside of Lowe`s Motor Speedway (in Charlotte), we`ve qualified at all of the events, ... I am feeling more at ease on the ovals. Frankie (crew chief Frank Stoddard) has been a big help along with my teammates Joe Nemechek and Scott Riggs.

- Anne Spencer

(Some of the best days for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet) have come at Texas Motor Speedway, with) Little E ... It has turned into quite a fascinating track to drive on. I think the fans enjoy having us here. They buy a lot of tickets every time we come around. They are really enthusiastic. That was one of the first things I noticed when I raced here as a rookie, how much more excited they were. It is one of the better tracks on the circuit for me and I really enjoy coming here.

- Annette Pang

I used to be a motor mechanic.

- Antti Laaksonen

So far, no scientist has been able to specifically turn any adult stem cell population into good populations of motor-neuron cells. Remember that ALS patients tend to die within four years. Opponents of therapeutic cloning need to remember that we do not have time to waste.

- Arif Mubarak

Anytime Joey Porter comes back on any defense, it`s going to be a positive. He`s one of our leaders on defense. He comes to play every day. Some days you might be dragging, and you see No. 55 out there, and it picks you up. He plays with a high motor. He`s just one of those guys who loves to play the game.

- Ash Wednesday

Love may make the world go round, but Passion starts its motor

- Baker Dunleavy

He`s real humble, ... He`s not a big talker. He`s just a force in there; his feet never stop. His motor never stops on the field.

- Barbara Crutchley

He`s really gotten motivated, and he`s really hoping for a top-five finish this weekend. He`s got a good motor and great technique.

- Barney Duffy