I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou can’t make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it’s quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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You need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: ‘We’ll come to Silverstone and have a look how it’s done’, and I tell them to stay away.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now… Normally you’d say, “One of those two, and I think it’s going to be Lewis [Hamiltom],” because that’s what had been proved up to now – thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.
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I think in the end officials in each country’s judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it’s on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music – you name it.
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If we didn’t have Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] in those cars – there’s one or two guys down the field who in those cars would have delivered the same.
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I believe when you say you’re going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There’s no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It’s very simple.
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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.
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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not – I didn’t qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
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You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
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