Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes
Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I'm proud to support Secretary Clinton.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.
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I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
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Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.
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I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.
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Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.
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I think it's terribly important to watch TV. I think there's a sort of minimum number of hours of TV a day you ought to watch, and unless you watch three or four hours of TV a day, you're just closing your eyes to some of the most important sort of stream of consciousness that's going on!
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.
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This is what love is, he thought. Doing what you don't want to do, because she needs it so much. And it isn't that bad. And it isn't that hard.
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The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendor that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach.
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Being a bad guy is fun for me.
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If you're afraid to talk to the other adults in your school it is definitely throughout history the hallmark of a failing school. When I was writing about the teachers' strike in New York City in 1968, the middle school where events triggered that strike was a place where teachers were known to hide in their classrooms.
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But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.
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When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.
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Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.