"Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled."

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"We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Fire, Losing, Risk

"O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Fire, Heaven, Invention

"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."

Harry Houdini, Hungarian Entertainer

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"I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted."

Rachel Field, American Novelist

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"There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

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"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

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"I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

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"In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors."

John Glover, American Actor

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"Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

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"I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly."

Ty Cobb, American Athlete

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"Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."

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"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."

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"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success."

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"By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment."

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"We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette."

"O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention."

"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."

"I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted."

"There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments."

"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."

"I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames."

"In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors."

"Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets."

"I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly."

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"Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success."

"By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment."

"So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs."

"Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier."

"Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled."