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“Every child in South Florida can dance. And every child there is amazing.”

Dance South Florida

Author:Abby Lee Miller

“I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida.”

South Florida Swamps Wrestler Alligators South Florida

Author:Karen Russell

“If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.”

Ifs Winning Cases South Florida Somewhere Else South Florida

Author:F. Lee Bailey

“Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida or conveyed it with more humor and enthusiasm.”

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Author:Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“I actually like south Florida. I never lived in a more interesting place than this. I've never met a wider range of people. I guess when I came here I thought there were Cubans and then there were people from New York and that was Miami. Now I know that it's Cubans, people from New York, and some people from New Jersey.”

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Author:Dave Barry

“I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.”

Source: Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past

“My backyard was replete with madness, it just grew indigenously in South Florida.”

Grew Madness South Florida Backyards South Florida

Author:Karen Russell

“In South Florida, we have industrial cockroaches that have to be equipped with loud warning beepers so you can get out of their way when they back up.”

Way South Loud Warning Florida Cockroaches South Florida

Book:The World According to Dave Barry

Source: The World According to Dave Barry

“I've been checking with people back in South Florida to see if Hurricane Dennis is going to whack my house, and the consensus of the experts seems to be: No, it will not, unless it does, in which case, yes. So I'm feeling really calm over here in London.”

People Ifs Doe Feelings Seems House Cases South Calm London Experts Florida Consensus Hurricanes South Florida

Author:Dave Barry

“I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area.”

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Author:Vanilla Ice

“I think this spring as the mosquito populations start to increase, we should be especially cautious about locations where we've had locally-transmitted Dengue virus. The same mosquito species that transmits Zika also transmits Dengue. It's confined primarily to Florida, South Florida, along the Gulf states and Southern Texas with a few small populations in Arizona and California.”

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Author:Laura Harrington

“And the main thing was that I wanted to live in south Florida. That's why I left the Cowboys; to live in south Florida.”

Wanted Left South Florida Cowboy South Florida

Author:Jimmy Johnson

“I haven't officially spoken in public about that issue, but I don't think it's a secret that Carlos [López-Cantera] has been a good friend of mine for many years. I respect him. I think he has done a great job as a state representative, as property appraiser in South Florida, and he's doing so now as lieutenant governor of Florida, and I think he would be a great senator, but I don't have an announcement for you today.”

“We have seen how Zika has become a very serious problem in Brazil, in other parts of Latin America, in this hemisphere. During the summer it can arrive very quickly here in south Florida, in the whole state. In a very hot climate in summer, where mosquitos begin to spread very quickly, it's a very serious threat.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“One of the major hobbies in South Florida is keeping animals that no sane person would want to keep. One of those is snakes. They usually get them when they're small, and when they get too big, they let them go. But there are also people with monkeys, lions, tigers. And they all get away, eventually.”

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Author:Dave Barry

“To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.”

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Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz

“The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent.”

Mean House Given Five Republican Six Percent Advantage Democrat South Plus Senate Florida Registration South Florida

Author:Allen West

“The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".”

Levels Intellectual South Florida Retarded South Florida

Book:Hilarity Ensues

Source: Hilarity Ensues

“The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.”

World Important Country Lying Black Wealth Development South Inevitable Significance Florida Center Of The World Everglades South Florida

Author:Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“Tens of thousands of South Florida jobs are dependent on the trade and commerce that our ports provide, and we have to make sure that we spend our security dollars wisely.”

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Author:Kendrick Meek

“Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days).”

Years Parent Born Areas Moved South Florida Brazil Portugal South Florida Younger Days

Author:Joe Tex

“I kinda like Florida. It's hot as hell, but we moved to Tallahassee, which is so close to Georgia. It really wasn't Florida the way people think of Florida. It wasn't south Florida. But you could still easily drive to Panama City Beach and get a little bit of Redneck Riviera if you want that. Get some airbrushed T-shirts on, and you're done.”

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Author:Tony Hale