Florida Quotes - Page 8

• It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the matter is that as a viable penalty, capital punishment does not work at this time and has not worked in the State of Florida for many, many years.

  Gerald Kogan

  Years, Punishment, Differences

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• It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners.

  Joseph Lowery

  Virginia, Texas, Ironic

  "Religious Reflections on the Death Penalty". The Pew Forum, www.pewforum.org. June 5, 2001.

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• Over the last year, the RNC has made an unprecedented effort to engage Hispanic communities across Florida and around the country. Here in Florida the RNC has hired a diverse group of Hispanic staffers who are growing and reaching out to our community, to them I offer my most sincere gratitude.

  Anitere Flores

  Country, Gratitude, Opportunity

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• This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. I've done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy the hell out of them. They are so much fun, and so bizarre. I've done the FX Show in Florida, Wizard-World in Chicago, Comic-Con in San Diego, Wonder-Con in San Francisco, the Comic-Con in New York, and I've done them numerous times.

  Kristen Bell

  New York, Fun, Real

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• They whooped our tail last time we was here. So it's time for a little revenge, and show that Florida football is coming back.

  Andre Caldwell

  Football, Revenge, Tails

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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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• They did is sent me down Clearwater, Florida, and they said to me, Jessica, I need you to make Jim Bakker feel better.

  Jessica Hahn

  Feel Better, Needs, Need You

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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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• The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Reading, School, Math

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• It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

  Rick Scott

  Being Yourself, Acceptance, Sacred

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

  Tom Feeney

  Two, Aftermath, Hurricanes

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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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• An inmate in a Florida prison wrote to agree with me on the availability of guns, saying that a 'criminal can and will get a stolen gun faster than you can get your car washed.' He also points out that many criminals prefer guns gotten illegally, since they will be harder to trace.

  Thomas Sowell

  Gun, Availability, Car

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• The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few.

  Mark Foley

  Country, Travel, New York

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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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• 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 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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• 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've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world.

  Tony Curtis

  Pieces, World, Shows

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• I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Independent Voters, Michigan

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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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