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Kamisese Mara

"How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?"

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Donna Grant

"My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet."

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Donna Grant

"It takes two flints to make a fire."

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Donna Grant

"There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism."

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Donna Grant

"Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation."

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Donna Grant

"Storytelling is what lights my fire."

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Donna Grant

"I realized, when I saw the forest burning, how fascinating the firelight is. It's beautiful, and people stare at it, don't they? It destroys and kills people, but humans love it. Is it because they crave their own destruction, Sam? I want to understand your kind. I am going out into the wider world, and I must learn."

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Donna Grant

"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

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Donna Grant

"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course."

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Donna Grant

"My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?"

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Donna Grant

"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

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Kamisese Mara
"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy."

Family

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Kamisese Mara
"I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then."

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Kamisese Mara
"The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba."

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Kamisese Mara
"I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief."

Thought

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Kamisese Mara
"I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker."

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Kamisese Mara
"If the constitution goes, I go."

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Kamisese Mara
"It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time."

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Kamisese Mara
"I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could."

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Kamisese Mara
"Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs."

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Kamisese Mara
"And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside."

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