"Since the nineteen-fifties, rural Florida has marketed itself to Northerners and Midwesterners as an unexplored paradise of citrus and mermaids."

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Source : "The Strawberry Girls" by Anne Hull, www.newyorker.com. August 11, 2008.

Anne Hull

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“In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.”
“The love you give away is the love you keep.”
“The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we've had is that I'm physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don't know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.”
“If you want to fly with eagles, stop swimming with ducks.”
“Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company. They come to work at the company to enjoy themselves.”
“I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'”
“People are starting to realize that the disability community has been disenfranchised and deserves to have its rights recognized, which I see as a positive trend. I don't think it'll be a quick process, but I see more attention being given to it.”
“Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call 'a pal' and 'a good sport,' the kind of woman they tell their troubles to. But you've cut yourself off from the orchids and the diamond bracelets, except those you buy yourself.”

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