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Firing Quotes (page 12)

It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats. Timothy Garton Ash
Henri Frederic Amiel quote: "The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel
In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. Charles Kendall Adams
At the round earth's imagined corners blow. Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise. From death, you numberless infinities. Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go ; All whom the flood did, and fire shall o'erthrow, All whom war, dea[r]th, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance hath slain, and you, whose eyes. Shall behold God, and never taste death's woe. But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space ; For, if above all these my sins abound,'Tis late to ask abundance of Thy grace,... John Donne
Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists.- "Indian Boy Love Song #1 Sherman Alexie
Stephen Crane quote: "Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night."
Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night. Stephen Crane
Julius brooded. He could see Julius despising the medical school of Pavia. Tobie said, "Nicholas managed the journey from Flanders all right. Deferred to you, joked discreetly with me, got on like a dyeworks on fire with the muleteers. Dorothy Dunnett
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. Candace Bushnell
William Shakespeare quote: "Affection is a coal that must be cooled; Else, suffered, it..."
Affection is a coal that must be cooled; Else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire. William Shakespeare
The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings. Ray Bradbury
George R. R. Martin quote: "He was the blood of the dragon, but now his fire has gone out...."
He was the blood of the dragon, but now his fire has gone out. He was Aemon Targaryen. And now his watch is ended. George R. R. Martin
Isaac Asimov quote: "A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself."
A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself. Isaac Asimov
That's what I told myself five hundred times: impossibility. I can tell you this much: the world is a great big log on the fires of love. Sue Monk Kidd
When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you George R. R. Martin

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