Florida Quotes - Page 9

• In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.

  Bill Frist

  People, Alabama, Louisiana

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• I live on a boat, which is in the midst of renovation. I figure the good Lord will put me in the right place and hopefully I'll have the right clothes on. I think what we're going to do is bring the boat through the Panama Canal. My husband has always wanted to do that. So I think we'll do that and have the boat in Florida for the winter.

  Florence Henderson

  Husband, Winter, Thinking

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• I was a few miles south of Louisville when I planned my journey. I spread out my map under a tree and made up my mind to go through Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia to Florida, thence to Cuba, thence to some part of South America; but it will be only a hasty walk. I am thankful, however, for so much.

  John Muir

  Journey, Kentucky, America

  John Muir (2015). “John Muir’s Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails… (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the Naturalist, Environmental Philosopher and Early Advocate of Preservation of Wilderness, the Author of The Yosemite and Picturesque California”, p.10, e-artnow

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• A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.

  Dan Gelber

  Strong, School, Achievement

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• Not everyone is sold on crisis consultants. Linda Gray, assistant vice president and director of news and information at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says that to a certain extent, the worse the crisis, the closer to home you should deal with it. .. You ought to be dealing with the crisis, not explaining things to somebody else.

  Linda Gray

  Home, President, News

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• I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.

  Billy Graham

  Night, People, Church

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• Miss Piggy and Chicken Little may rest easy, but gay people in Florida and California can no longer get married.

  Samantha Ronson

  Gay, California, People

  "Samantha Ronson: Defeat of Gay Measures 'Frightening'" by Mike Fleeman, people.com. November 6, 2008.

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• Yesterday in Florida, President Obama kissed a woman on the cheek after she told him he looks good. Which explains why last night, Michelle made him sleep on Air Mattress One.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Sleep, Night, Air

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• I met my wife on Spring break when I was in college. I was at the University of Notre Dame. She was at the University of New Hampshire. I bumped into her in Florida and told her the next day that I was going to marry her and 20 or something years later here we are.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Spring, College, Next Day

  Source: collider.com

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• Back at the Rash [a Florida nightclub], a waif in a lime latex body tube went into the rest room to snort the newest designer drug, XGB5, which gave people the uncanny sensation of throwing money away while chewing their own lips off. It was hard to come by and everyone had to have it.

  Tim Dorsey

  People, Drug, Body

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• I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.

  Diana Nyad

  Swimming, Thinking, Cuba

  "Diana Nyad's impossible dream should be saluted, not scorned" by Jill Homer, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2012.

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• Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!

  Will Cuppy

  Three, Alligators, Footnotes

  "The Alligator". "How to Become Extinct". Book by Will Cuppy, 1941.

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• Florida was invented for Addison Mizner's little brother.

  Wilson Mizner

  Brother, Little Brother, Littles

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• It's not going to surprise me if our kids end up running on the beach in Florida when they're 100 years old on regrown body parts with a much higher quality of life than we can begin to imagine.

  Juan Enriquez

  Running, Beach, Kids

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Why do you think there's so many thousands of Cuban doctors in Florida? Because they all had to leave Cuba. Because doctors were rich, and so the [Fidel] Castro government began confiscating all their property. Not much different from this plan to tax you at a higher rate if you and your family, you and your spouse make over $250,000. You're rich! So they must confiscate more your money.

  Rafael Cruz

  Thinking, Doctors, Government

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• There have been so many times where I thought I put on enough sunscreen but actually didn't. As a result, I'd get unbelievable tan lines. Of course in Florida it was expected, but now looking back at pictures, I think I spent an entire summer at the beach with my friends looking like a tomato. A bright shade of red.

  Brittany Snow

  Summer, Beach, Thinking

  "The Genius Way Brittany Snow Gets Tan Without Going in the Sun (and No, Not With Self-Tanner)". Interview with Julianne Carell, www.glamour.com. June 8, 2016.

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• People who keep a large snake in their apartment building, which happens quite a bit, all of a sudden, within two summers, have a 14-foot animal that's eating adult rabbits, and needs quite a bit of room and quite a bit of heat. That's the animal that gets put in the back of a pick-up truck and dumped into the Florida Everglades or the city lake, or just left on a doorstep - again, it's quite often the animal that suffers.

  Henry Rollins

  Summer, Animal, Feet

  "Henry Rollins and a Whole Lot of Snakes". Interview with Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. April 29, 2011.

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• I have been able to watch the Clintons and The Clinton Foundation; Al Gore and what he did post-losing the whole Florida thing. There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents.

  David Mandel

  Interesting, President, Able

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Florida was the low point.The entire state, yep. I'm not sure I'd go back.

  David Cross

  States, Lows, Not Sure

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's cold out. It's even cold in Florida. So cold today that Katherine Harris put on a third layer of makeup.

  Jay Leno

  Makeup, Layers, Today

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• Now, Florida laws do not regulate assault weapons or large capacity ammunition magazines. Doesn't even require a permit to purchase a gun or register it or be licensed. So if we don't have action on the federal level that would have set off the alert, it will be difficult to interrupt the plans of someone like this who clearly, by the time he went and purchased these weapons.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gun, Law, Assault Weapons

  "Hillary Clinton On Tackling Self-Radicalization: 'We Need To Get To Work'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. June 13, 2016.

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• Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer can do.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Elements, Mecca, Lawyer

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• I was born and raised here [in Florida], so I still have tremendous affection for the state - especially the few wild places that haven't disappeared under concrete. What's left is still worth fighting for, and that's why I stay.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Fighting, Wild Places, Affection

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• The latest national polls show a tightening in the race to the White House, especially in key states like Ohio and Florida. But when it comes down to it, winning in November [2016] will depend on which candidate has a viable path to 270 electoral votes.

  Gwen Ifill

  Winning, Keys, Race

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• To me, the logical path then is where could have [Mitt] Romney maybe have won and didn't? And you look at Ohio, Florida. You're still not there. Now you have got to win either Pennsylvania or Michigan. And I think Pennsylvania is probably a little bit more doable than Michigan, but, again, neither one of those states have the Republicans won since 1988.

  John Brabender

  Winning, Thinking, Ohio

  Source: www.pbs.org

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