#burns

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now. ↗

— Merle Haggard

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The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls. ↗

— John Hersey

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Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat. ↗

— Harry Houdini

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My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens. ↗

— Joseph Bologna

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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. ↗

— Victor Borge

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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean. ↗

— Ovid

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You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow. ↗

— Amy Lowell

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You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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