"Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. Whoever wants me to talk, Ill come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades,"

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Source : Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.230, Pineapple Press Inc

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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“I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.”
“I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.”

Source : Pope John XXIII, (2000). “Journal of a Soul”, p.307, A&C Black
“In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the greatest of all sufferings, and when a fluid is drunk, it stimulates the discharge of urine.”

Source : Therapeutics of chronic diseases II, Ch. II, 485-6
“People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.”
“I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.”
“Stephen Schlesingerâ€™s Act of Creation tells a dazzling story of the dramatic events that have shaped the world in which we live. Never has a book been more relevant to present dangers and future hopes.”
“You smell good." "It's called a shower. Soap, shampoo, water-" "Naked. I know the drill.”
“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group.”

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