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  • The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We Americans don't want war and we don't start fights. We don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward: we want to prevent war.

    Strong   Military   War  
    "The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words".
  • In life,there are only four kinds of girls: The girl who played with fire. The girl who opened Pandora's Box. The girl who gave Adam the apple. And the girl whose best friend stole her boyfriend.

    Girl   Fire   Apples  
  • Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, “I don’t think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point.” “What’s a singed head for the sake of art?” I teased. He laughed.

    Art   Past   Thinking  
    Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.315, MIRA
  • Signs of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction.

    Fire   House   Action  
    "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
  • What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.

    Wise   Revenge   Blow  
  • Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

    Birthday   Fire   Perfect  
  • Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers.

    Heart   Character   Fire  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.

    Uncles   Heart   Dark  
    Charles Dickens (1870). “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, p.429
  • If you throw one stone, it’s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, it’s political action. If you set a car on fire, it’s a punishable offence. If hundreds of cars are set on fire, it’s political action. Protest is when I say I don’t agree with something. Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place.

    Fire   Car   Political  
  • Suppose you had a small electrical fire and... a structural engineer [looked] at your home's wiring [and] reports that the wiring is "shot" and there is a 50% chance that your house would burn down in the next few years unless you replace all the wiring. The job will cost $20,000... so you get an independent assessment. The next engineer agrees with the first warning. You can either continue to shop for additional evaluations until you find the one engineer in 1,000 that is willing to give you the answer you want, "Your family is not in danger" or you can change the wiring.

    Jobs   Home   Independent  
  • Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.

    Artist   Fire   Each Day  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.

    Fire   Evil   Age  
    Margaret Walker (2013). “This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems”, p.74, University of Georgia Press
  • When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic that lets you survive your own war, you'll find that that fire is passion and there's a door up ahead - not a wall.

    Wall   War   Passion  
  • [I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

    Real   Book   Fire  
    FaceBook post by Judy Blume from Oct 18, 2013
  • I can kill with a single word. I can hurl a ball of fire into the midst of my enemies. I rule a squadron of skeletal warriors, who can destroy by touch alone. I can raise a wall of ice to protect those I serve. The invisible is discernible to my eyes. Ordinary magic spells crumble in my presence... But I bow in the presence of a master. -- Lord Soth to Raistlin Majere

    Wall   Eye   Warrior  
    Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (2011). “Time of the Twins: Legends, Volume One”, p.116, Wizards of the Coast
  • I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.

    Fire   Long   Band  
  • In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

    Book   Fire   Library  
    "Dole, in Choosing Kemp, Buried A Bitter Past Rooted in Doctrine" by Elizabeth Kolbert, www.nytimes.com. September 29, 1996.
  • He who doesn't get rid of the I won't be able to avoid suffering the same way that someone who doesn't get apart from fire can't avoid being burn.

    Fire   Suffering   Able  
  • Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.

    Fire   Ends   Said  
    Sharon Shinn (1997). “Archangel”, p.143, Penguin
  • Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.

    Selfish   Fire   Years  
  • Judging from the way they sat and goggled at the drag on the stage it was obvious that they were indulging in delightful fantasies that brought to them substantial memories of the girls they had left behind in London or Manchester. As the Quartermaster Captain lisped after performing before a particularly rapt audience: 'I bet there were more standing pricks than snotty noses tonight'. Astonishingly, I suspect he was right. We probably helped to keep the home fires of passion burning.

    Girl   Memories   War  
  • Christmas is a kindling of new fires.

  • There's a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it.

    Men   Fire   Dying  
  • I wouldn't walk across the street to piss down Don Shula's throat if he was on fire.

    Fire   Nfl   Walks  
  • For a successful writer, the secret is to have many irons in the fire. Write the next thing.

    Source: collider.com
  • My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening. For every time I have held or been held, every time I have listened or been listened to, experience burns like wood in that eternal fire, and I find myself in the presence of love. This has always been so.

    Powerful   Believe   Fire  
    Mark Nepo (2007). “The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life”, p.27, Harmony
  • Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.

  • If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood.

    Fire   Woods   Stakes  
    George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”
  • Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

    Benjamin Disraeli (1881). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli: Young duke and Count Alarcos”
  • The visible world is a daily miracle for those who have eyes and ears; and I still warm hands thankfully at the old fire, though every year it is fed with the dry wood of more old memories.

    Memories   Eye   Fire  
    Edith Wharton (1990). “Novellas and Other Writings”, Library of America
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