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When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory. Jackie Stewart
Death Fire Accident Seconds Air Would Cases Compulsory Driver Most Toxic Involving Make Smoke Caused Go Surprised Done Need
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world. Jackie Stewart
Best Management World Doubt No Doubt Risk Risk Management Sport Industry Any Formula
The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings. Jackie Stewart
Change Car Enormous Wings Through Were Years Fantastic Much Right
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. James Beattie
Beauty Immortal Tomb
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove. James Beattie
Day Song Torrent Mortals Hill Still Prove Hamlet Heard Close Forgetfulness Sweets Naught Grove
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy. James Beattie
Health Joy Contentment Spring Every Source Labour
He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man. James Beattie
Man Thought Though He Like Felt Sage
In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. James Beattie
Man Age Blame Every Something Well Praise Every Man
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms. James Beattie
Faith Invincible Arms Inflexible
Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years. James Black
Music Mathematics School Through Study Between Daydreaming School Years Most Periods Years Intense Apart Ages Two
I had found myself a new mission - and once more my recurring dilemma between corporate commercial needs and personal scientific ambitions was solved unexpectedly. James Black
Myself Needs Ambition Corporate Dilemma Once Once More Solved More Had Recurring Between New Mission Scientific Commercial Personal Unexpectedly Found
I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated. James Black
Met Summer Married Student Soon Hilary Ball Graduated
The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught to be respectful of others no less than myself, influencing ever since both my political and administrative attitudes. James Black
Myself Home Political Beginning Others Respectful Administrative Outcome Staunch Born Both Since Attitudes Boy Issue Five Than Taught Influencing Baptist Meant Less Ever Fourth
I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands. James Black
Family Back Out Folklore Could Never Check Hamlet Scottish Wanted
In research, I wanted to establish the medicinal chemistry/bioassay conjugation as an academic pursuit, as exciting to the imagination as astrophysics or molecular biology. James Black
Research Biology Imagination Pursuit Exciting Academic Establish Wanted Molecular Medicinal
Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise. James Black
Anxiety Emotion Well Known Exercise Just
Myocardial oxygen consumption is determined by the work of the heart and is a function of arterial blood pressure and heart rate. James Black
Work Heart Pressure Rate Determined Consumption Blood Blood Pressure Heart Rate Oxygen Function
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. James Boswell
Man Possess Some Qualities Himself Friend May Which Loves Companion Agreeable
I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. James Boswell
Character Man Degree Practice Whatever Besides Some Discovered May Anything Forms Choose
If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good. James Boswell
Good World Power Virtuous Would Only Delight Make Permitted Were Very Species
A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. James Boswell
Cake Considerable Journal Like Soup May Little Page Portable Portion
It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy. James Boswell
Man Happy Miserable Every More Than Any Who Exquisitely Every Man
What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading! James Boswell
Life Insignificant Leading Am Which Now
The mind of man has perplexed itself with many hard questions. Is space infinite, and in what sense? Is the material world infinite in extent, and are all places within that extent equally full of matter? Do atoms exist or is matter infinitely divisible? James C. Maxwell
Man Intelligence World Matter Space Mind Atoms Sense Divisible Equally Within Material Material World Exist Perplexed Questions Itself Infinite Infinitely Places Full Hard Hard Questions Many Extent
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. James Connolly
Democracy Power Victim State Enter Only Industrial Without Behind Union Serpent
I was one of the actors in 'Braveheart,' and that had a huge impact on the political scene in Scotland. One of the results of that, in 2014 there's going to be a referendum in Scotland as to whether Scotland is going to be independent. A great deal of that was brought to the nation as a result of 'Braveheart.' James Cosmo
Great Result Political Great Deal Nation Independent Impact Brought Scene Results Had Deal Referendum Huge Huge Impact Scotland Going Whether Actor
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