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Letter "P" » Playing with Fire
«So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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hot, left wing, playing, Playing with Fire, wing
«And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.»
«And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.»
«Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
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amiss, be amiss, engines, neighbour, on fire, Playing with Fire
«I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet.»
Author: Jack Handy
(Writer)
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