"Corncobs are the greatest fire-making tinder."

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Source : Paul Engle (1996). “A Lucky American Childhood”, p.152, University of Iowa Press

Paul Engle

#Fire Quotes #Tinder Quotes

“Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.”
“Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.”
“DoveWing (talking to LoinBlaze): You got somthing wrong, what you said to ToadStep. You are the hero.”
“Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.”
“The TV licence people just can't believe we don't have a television. I'm a bolshie git. I shout at them things like, 'I don't need TV, I'm an intellectual.'”
“I feel like my home is stage acting.”
“If all it takes is an angry stranger to ruin your day, what are you going to do if something really serious happens? Why give someone else control of your life like that?”
“My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament.”

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