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Fire Quotes
The spark that only shows itself under pressure.
This fire quotes page leans on the idea of a dormant spark that only blazes under adversity, alongside warmer images of hospitality and charity. See our Desire quotes for a related theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two possibilities: Either the kiss is a human universal, one of the constellation of innate traits, including language and laughter, that unites us as a species, or it is an invention, like fire or wearing clothes, an idea so good that it was bound to metastasize across the globe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you can light your water on fire due to methane contamination in your ground water, what else can you do but laugh?
- Component
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.
- Flood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me tell you a story about when I was growing up in Spain. Many Sundays, we would invite 30, 40, 50 people to the countryside, and my father would make a big paella. He put me in charge of the fire and the 'stove' - the rocks that hold the pan. But he wouldn't let me cook. I got so unbelievably upset.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grilling grapes may sound crazy, but the smoky, blistered char they get from a few minutes on the fire gives them a deep, winelike character.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the things I've had a producorial involvement on began as things I was going to direct, or I set out to direct myself and realized either I don't have the fire in my belly to do it, or I don't feel like I've licked the story enough.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show.
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- Nov 07, 2020