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Frederick Douglass

"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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Amber Hurdle

"I fought fire with oil."

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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."

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

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

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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."

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

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

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

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Amber Hurdle

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

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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."

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