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

- Richard Hammond

Think, Like, Am, Selfishness

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

- Richard Hammond

Help, Think, I Think, Cope

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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Love, Brothers, Painted, Jack

It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.

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Car, Kid, Fuel, Penny

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

- Richard Hammond

More, Simplest, Efficient, Tire

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!

- Richard Hammond

Love, Whatsoever, Sadly, Inherited

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

- Richard Hammond

Car, Closely, Action Hero, James Bond

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

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Disappointment, Driving, Geological

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.

- Richard Hammond

Prey, Deal, Over, Scratch

I'm a presenter.

- Richard Hammond

Presenter

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

- Richard Hammond

Think, Will, Single Thing, They Say

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

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Myself, Want, Particularly, Smear

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

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Memory, Result, Had, Amnesia

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

- Richard Hammond

Love, Brilliant, Happier, Forty

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

- Richard Hammond

Big, Fan, Actually, Big Fan

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

- Richard Hammond

Small, Pretty, Mostly, Fiat

At home I drive an old Land Rover.

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Drive, Land, Old, Rover

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.

- Richard Hammond

Distance, Next, Set, Tremendously

I'm not reckless. I was never reckless.

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Never, Reckless

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.

- Richard Hammond

Week, Run, More, Balance

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

- Richard Hammond

Lovely, Like, Goats, Ducks

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

- Richard Hammond

Car, Been, Times, Filled

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