Lawton Chiles famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.
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To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.
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We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.
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How can you raise the level of consciousness on this? How can you get the federal government to take the responsibility? Florida does not have a foreign policy. This is a federal policy or absence of federal policy. It's so clear that we're not being treated fairly. We have to come up with a solution. It hurts your head trying to figure out what to do.
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I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.
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You should wake up every day looking for the trouble you can get into.
-- Lawton Chiles
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You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens... . And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe.
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The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.
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Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.
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With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.
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Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?
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If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.
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The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
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To be a seer is to walk softly on the earth and dream.
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I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.
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Walk slowly; all you can ever come to is yourself.
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