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"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."

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

"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."
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"Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference."


"Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher."


"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."


"The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault."


"The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field."
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