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Fire Quotes

"The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire."

"The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Fire, Reason, World

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"The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail."

"The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

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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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"They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did."

"They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

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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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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