Florida Quotes - Page 4

• On the weekends, I would go down and play these clubs in Key West or West Palm Beach or surrounding areas of Florida and then I'd go back to school for the week.

  Carrot Top

  Beach, School, Weekend

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• Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.

  Wes Montgomery

  Night, Men, Kansas

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• BYU takes on defending national champion Florida State in the Pigskin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., eight days after announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: I do know this, that I'm finally a little bit more relieved than I've been for some time. Patti (his wife) and I have talked about it a lot and came to that conclusion (to retire). I had a feeling of serenity, if you will. In fact, I was feeling so serene that I put in a film of Florida State, and that got me out of that mood in a hurry.

  LaVell Edwards

  Time, Retirement, Eight

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• Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman's bottom? That's right, we all thought it was hilarious. But, it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harassing that woman.

  Homer

  Grandpa, Biting, Remember

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• I certainly want to get back to the US to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.

  Mick Taylor

  Country, New York, Play

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• Late February, and the air's so balmy snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then, the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers of spring, and the numbed yards will go back undercover. In Florida, it's strawberry season- shortcake, waffles, berries and cream will be penciled on the coffeeshop menus.

  Gail Mazur

  Spring, Air, Waffles

  Gail Mazur (1995). “The Common”, p.27, University of Chicago Press

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• Steve Forman strafes the south Florida scene with Boca Knights, an outrageously funny mystery novel with a raft of offbeat characters and prose that moves trippingly off the pen. His main man, Eddie Perlmutter, ex-Boston cop attempting semi-retirement in Boca Raton like a fish trying to retire out of the water, is a character for the ages. Carl Hiaasen, watch your back.

  Douglas Preston

  Retirement, Moving, Character

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• We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

  Jeb Bush

  Government, Organization, Community

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• When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn’t imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I’m gone for six days it feels like too much.

  Adam Carolla

  Christmas, Dad, Kids

  "‘How Dare You!’: Q&A with Adam Carolla". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2010.

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• The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.

  Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  Country, Lying, Black

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• I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.

  Steve Earle

  Baseball, Spring, Years

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• My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.

  Sylvia Earle

  Parent, Backyards, Mexico

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• I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

  Peter Fonda

  Years, Association, States

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• The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Real, Writing, Thinking

  "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 7-25-04: QUESTIONS FOR CARL HIAASEN; Miami Voice". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. July 25, 2004.

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• That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.

  Martina Hingis

  Jealousy, Sports, Athlete

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• We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.

  Brit Hume

  News Stories, Sampling, Development

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• A prosthetic leg with a Willie Nelson bumper sticker washed ashore on the beach, which meant it was Florida. Then it got weird.

  Tim Dorsey

  Beach, Legs, Bumper Sticker

  Tim Dorsey (2012). “Pineapple Grenade: A Novel”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey's mind. Bailey was the son she liver with, her only boy.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Change, Son, Grandmother

  Flannery O'Connor (1993). “"A Good Man is Hard to Find"”, p.31, Rutgers University Press

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• BYU takes on defending national champion Florida State in the Pigskin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., eight days after announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: We looked at it. We knew it would make things tougher. But how many chances does anyone get to play Florida State? It was too good to pass up.

  LaVell Edwards

  Retirement, Play, Eight

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• From the time I can first recall the rain falling on the red clay in Florida. I wanted to make things. When my brothers and sisters were making mud pies, I would be making ducks and chickens with the mud.

  Augusta Savage

  Brother, Fall, Rain

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• You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons. The order of the words varies, but beer and ice are always two of the top four staples for sale. If we were all taking care of ourselves, wouldn't the convenience stores compete for our dollars with signs that read "Fruit, Vegetables, Bread, Milk"?

  Bernie Siegel

  Health, Beer, Order

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• I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.

  Lee Majors

  Children, Years, Kind

  "Man in a 'Million'". Interview with Terry Pace, www.timesdaily.com. July 21, 2005.

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• When I go to Florida for Christmas I always take my nieces and nephews out on excursions, ... I become like a big kid again. We go on all the big rides at the theme parks or I stick them in go-karts where their feet can't quite reach the pedals. I think that if you can continue to have the child at heart you may grow old physically but you will stay young mentally.

  John Barrowman

  Children, Niece, Heart

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• The one thing I did learn at Florida State, I learned to talk trash, believe that

  Randy Moss

  Believe, Trash, States

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• I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.

  Corrine Brown

  People, Survival, Tourism

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