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1	->''"Recoilless rifles, aren't."''
2	-->-- '''Military Proverb'''
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4	->''"If a boy fires off a gun, whether at a fox, a landlord or a reigning sovereign, he will be rebuked according to the relative value of these objects. But if he fires off a gun for the first time it is very likely that he will not expect the recoil, or know what a heavy knock it can give him. He may go blazing away through life at these and similar objects in the landscape; but he will be less and less surprised by the recoil; that is, by the reaction. He may even dissuade his little sister of six from firing off one of the heavy rifles designed for the destruction of elephants;"''
5	-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton'''
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7	->''"Every reaction drive makes an equal and opposite [[WeaponisedExhaust weapon!]]"''
8	-->-- '''Tom Paris''', ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''
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10	->'''Simon:''' I'm going to stand behind you and hold your shoulders.\
11	'''C.J.:''' I don't need training wheels.\
12	'''Simon:''' Okay.\
13	(''she fires and is knocked flat by the recoil'')\
14	'''Simon:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Be careful]], that .357's got a bit of a kick.\
15	'''C.J.:''' That thing practically broke my arm! I've been wrong about guns, we should just hand these out to criminals!\
16	'''Simon:''' Want to go home now?\
17	'''C.J.:''' What do you got?\
18	'''Simon:''' I'm sorry?\
19	'''C.J.:''' Marksmanship-wise?\
20	'''Simon:''' Well, I can fire a gun without falling down, if that's what you mean.
21	-->--''Series/TheWestWing''
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Context Quotes / LawOfInverseRecoil