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John Burroughs Naturalist, Writer
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"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."

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John Keats Poet
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"There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish."

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Jean Racine Playwright, Poet
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"Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
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"It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
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"Conflicts create the fire of affects and emotions; and like every fire it has two aspects: that of burning and that of giving light."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve."

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"I'm so not interesting in having to try and make something out of foil." What, you didn't like the poncho with wraparound leggings?" It was beyond hideou- wait a minute. You watch that show?" My mom loves it." But your suppose to be sulking in the basement getting ready to light fires." What can I say? I'm a failure as a teenager. I watch TV with my mom."

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Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires."

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Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author
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"Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body."

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
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"I Think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost . The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again."

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Roger Williams Theologian, Minister
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"Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"Do you think these sannyasi children of Sri Ramakrishna are born to simply to sit under trees lighting dhuni-fires? Whenever any of them will take up some work, people will be astonished to see their energy. Learn from them how to work."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"I Wish I Could Give You A Taste Of The Burning Fire Of Love. There Is A Fire Blazing Inside Of Me. If I Cry About It, Or If I Don’t, The Fire Is At Work, Night And Day."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
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"The one advantage of playing with fire...is that no one ever gets singed. It is the people who don't know how to play with it who get burned up."

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