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  • Charles Caleb Colton We should have a glorious conflagration if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Theodore Parker Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • George Carlin Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
    George Carlin
    American stand-up comedian, actor and author (1937 - 2008)
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  • Hippocrates What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
    Hippocrates
    Greek physician (460 - 377)
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  • Seneca What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • George W. Bush When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.
    Tijdens een meeting met vier senatoren, 13 sept. 2001
    George W. Bush
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire. And burns in meadow-grass the phlox His torch of purple fire:... And when the punctual May arrives, With cowslip-garland on her brow, We know what once she gave our lives, And cannot give us now!
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Napoleon When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Abraham Kuyper When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
    Abraham Kuyper
    Dutch politician and theologian (1837 - 1920)
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  • William Butler Yeats When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Edmund Burke Whenever our neighbor's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bob Dylan While one who sings with his tongue on fire
    Gargles in the rat race choir
    Bent out of shape from society's pliers
    Cares not to come up any higher
    But rather get you down in the hole
    That he's in
    Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Barton Seaver While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
    Barton Seaver
    American author and chef (1979 - )
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  • M. Henry Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
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  • Bill Dedman With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Amy Lowell You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.
    Amy Lowell
    American poet, criticus (1874 - 1925)
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  • Ellen Goodman You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.
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  • Audre Lorde You cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ben Horowitz You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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