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Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?

~Caroline Paul

Topics: Afternoon Baby Birth Could Desk Drowning Fire Firefighters Go Interesting Might More Morning Most Night Office People Run Save Sit Than

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Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

~Christopher Dodd

Topics: Firefighters Foot Here Home Indispensable Soldiers

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I said that when I looked at photographs of the firefighters who went into the Twin Towers, their faces looked to me like Irish faces. I hadn't yet learnt how careful outsiders have to be when talking about race in America, and I'd put my foot in it. Someone stood up and said aggressively, 'What do you mean by Irish faces?'

~Colm Toibin

Topics: About America Careful Faces Firefighters Foot How Irish Learnt Like Looked Me Mean Outsiders Photographs Put Race Said Someone Stood Talking Towers Twin Up Who You

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In the midst of the heartbreak and wreckage of 9-11, the world also witnessed what is America's greatest strength. Firefighters, nurses, police officers, first responders and local residents worked around the clock to rescue and care for those injured.

~Dan Coats

Topics: Also America Around Care Clock Firefighters First Greatest Greatest Strength Heartbreak Injured Local Midst Nurses Officers Police Police Officers Rescue Residents Responders Strength Those Witnessed Worked World

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Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.

~David Cameron

Topics: Attacking Condemn Confronted Even Firefighters Me People Police Pure Scenes Simple Vandalism

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I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.

~David Plouffe

Topics: About Backbone Campaign Celebrated Country Field Firefighters Making Making Up Million Million People Nurses Organization Our Over People Should Teachers Think Up Who I Think

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Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Encounter Ever Firefighters Most Public Public Servants Selfless Servants Some Will You

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One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

~Denis Leary

Topics: About Care Desperately Equipment Firefighters Great Help Need One Thing Own Thing

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My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Building Couple Cousin Died Downtown Entire Fire Firefighters Five Had Homeless Hometown Jerry Keep Left Mass Middle Neighborhood Old Other Our People Right Save Started Trying Up Warehouse Warm Who

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Firefighters don't go on strike.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Firefighters Go Strike

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