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fire

«Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.»
«The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.»
«The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.»
«Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?»
«We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it»
«There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.»
«The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them»
«Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?»
«The moon's an arrant thief,And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.»
«The United States is like giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.»

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