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Fire Quotes

"There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it."

"There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it."

Michael Pitt, American Actor

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"Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record."

"Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record."

Ronnie Montrose, American Musician

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"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

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"I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say."

"I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say."

Ellen Glasgow, American Novelist

Fire, Opinion, Tongue, Words

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"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit."

"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit."

H. G. Wells, English Author

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"But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together."

"But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

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"Playing to me, in those years, sounded like a house on fire."

"Playing to me, in those years, sounded like a house on fire."

Leonard Rose, American Musician

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"I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me."

"I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

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"In an era when information can be sent instantaneously anywhere, it is utterly nonsensical that our Nation's police, the fire, and EMS personnel cannot consistently communicate with each other."

"In an era when information can be sent instantaneously anywhere, it is utterly nonsensical that our Nation's police, the fire, and EMS personnel cannot consistently communicate with each other."

Bill Pascrell, American Politician

Fire, Information, Nation, Police

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"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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

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

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"It takes two flints to make a fire."

"It takes two flints to make a fire."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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"Today I make time to release any burdens that I carry. One by one I release them into the atmosphere, until my body is in a complete state of calm."

"Today I make time to release any burdens that I carry. One by one I release them into the atmosphere, until my body is in a complete state of calm."

Renae A. Sauter, American Writer

Fire, Release, Healing, Peace, Mindfulness

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"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?"

"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?"

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Fire, Housework, Theory

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"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."

"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."

George Eliot, British Author

Fire, Jealousy, Needs, Passion

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"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."

"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."

Michael Grant, American Author

Fire, Destruction, Beauty, Curiosity

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

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

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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