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Juan Manuel Fangio Quotes: In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.
         

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.


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You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.



I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.



Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.



You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.



Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.



The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.



Women rule our lives, don't they?

Women rule our lives, don't they?



A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.



When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.



In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.





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Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.

Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.



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I haven't really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn't offensive?

I haven't really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn't offensive?



When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach.

When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach.



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Some of my films have caused riots, fights, and all kinds of things.



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I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best



The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

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I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.




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