Richard Hammond Quotes

#1. I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.

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#2. I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept over me and I couldn't deal with it. I had to re-learn things from scratch.

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#3. Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.

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#4. I'm a presenter.

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#5. The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.

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#6. All of us, each and every one, lives a life that is, in its own right, an epic.

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#7. Say German cars are sort of very built and efficient. Italian cars are a bit flamboyant and quick. Mexican cars just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent ...

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#8. At home I drive an old Land Rover.

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#9. I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

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#10. I don't particularly want to smear myself into a hillside.

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#11. No action hero is more closely associated with cars than James Bond.

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#12. My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly!

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#13. Unless I have been sorely misinformed, supermodels are powerless to resist a man with illuminated doorsills.

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#14. I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.

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#15. Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20.

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#16. You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.

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#17. I think I wanted to be on Top Gear from a fairly young age because I loved cars and I wanted to do something on telly because I loved TV. I know that I?m ridiculously lucky

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#18. Oversteer is best cause you dont see the tree that kills you

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#19. Watching Life on Mars was quite frightening for me because dipping in and out of reality was quite like myself

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#20. I mostly drive around in a Fiat 500 TwinAir, and that's a pretty small car!

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#21. I've been in a car three or four times when it filled with water and it's not a comfortable feeling.

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#22. And to Mindy, I can only ever say a simple thank you. And dedicate the rest of my life to her.

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#23. For somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning.

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#24. When the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.

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#25. This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! Not that wed ever name a car on Top Gear. I wish I hadnt said that.

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#26. With the case of running, it really is a case of get out, set yourself a distance, run it, and then do it again the next day. It's tremendously simple.

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#27. Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character.

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#28. I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury.

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#29. My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!

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#30. And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks.

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#31. Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

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#32. If I can be cruel; I'm not a big fan of the Audi R8, actually.

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#33. I'm not reckless. I was never reckless.

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#34. I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

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