"You have to stand up for some things in this world."

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Source : Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.112, Pineapple Press Inc

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#World Quotes #This World Quotes

“The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may delude our short-sighted judgments, never fail to vindicate their supremacy and immutability.”
“An old earthen pipe like myself is dry and thirsty and so a most voracious drinker of life at its source; I'm no more to be split by the vital stream than if I were stone or steel.”

Source : Elinor Wylie (1934). “The Novels of Elinor Wylie”
“How should we judge what we see? More intimately, let us consider the vulnerability of the human body and soul under these circumstances. Itâ€™s all creation. Itâ€™s made. Itâ€™s not a given.”
“My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.”
“The world can only change from within.”
“I don't like disrespecting other teams.”
“The basketball skills I have, I've got because I work hard. When you work hard, I think you don't have to be afraid of anything.”
“We have crushed the whole force which dared to venture there. They were on the runway at Saddam International Airport. That force was crushed”

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