"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."

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"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."

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"I fought fire with oil."

Dalton Trumbo, American Novelist

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"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

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"What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

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"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire."

Pamela Hansford Johnson, English Critic

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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

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"I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion."

Zane Grey, American Author

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"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Harry Houdini, Hungarian Entertainer

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"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally."

Harry Houdini, Hungarian Entertainer

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"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion."

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"I fought fire with oil."

"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."

"What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will."

"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire."

"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."

"I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion."

"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out."

"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."

"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally."

Explore more quotes by Frederick Douglass

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."

"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

"I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress."

"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion."

"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."

"A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it."

"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed."

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