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«Profit is the ignition system of our economic engine.»
«People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.»
«Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.»
Author: Edmund Wilson | Keywords: engine, Real Genius
«It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.»
«No government could survive without champagne. In the throat of our diplomatic people [it] is like oil in the wheels of an engine.»
Author: Joseph Dargent | About: Government | Keywords: champagne, engine, throat, wheels
«People come to Washington believing it's the center of power. I know I did. It was only much later that I learned that Washington is a steering wheel that's not connected to the engine.»
«O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: engine, keep back
«Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.»
Author: Henry Miller (Author, Writer) | About: Life | Keywords: cylinder, engine, horsepower
«I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.»
«Once more the engine of her thoughts began. . . .»

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