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If somebody says, You like putting out fires, and I say, It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out. It's what we do.

Bernie Ecclestone

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Bernie Ecclestone
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: October 28
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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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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.
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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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I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.
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Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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There is no recipe for that. Both [Nico Rosenberg and Lewis Hamilton] are very likely equally talented in the car, so the fight between the two happens between the ears - in the head.
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You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.
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I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood - and thank God this is not my job - but also the team principals should be more prominent.
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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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When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don't want it built like that. It's quite embarrassing.
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I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That's what they need. Find a good car dealer.
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Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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I think we don't need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don't speak the same language, don't eat the same food. There's a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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