Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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Related How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The state of our economy is tightly tied to the ability of our citizens to purchase needed fuel, ...... LES MILLER Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We must defend our rights and preserve our constitution, ... For the federal courts to adopt the age... ROY MOORE The great risk of living is that we might not survive it. J. ALEKSANDR WOOTTON The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL If we do not protect our courts, our courts cannot protect us. MICHAEL GRECO In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The state of our economy is tightly tied to the ability of our citizens to purchase needed fuel, LES MILLER Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep. MARK STRAND Beyond a power play by the oil industry, there is no conceivable explanation for barring courts with... TED DEUTCH At the end of the day, that's our sole purpose and our sole reason for existing, is to love some... NIKKI REED The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS Founders never leave our memories for they leave indelible footprints on our minds. They give us the... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To be or not to be that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage chang... LEON C. MEGGINSON To question reason is to trust it. MITCH STOKES Another year is ending, but something is pending ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy. JOHN BALDACCI What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were nev... MARIE LU Do you know great people are continually quoted while the average always misquote great people? ONYI ANYADO Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is ex... ONYI ANYADO Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers... TED CRUZ All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move... DAVE BRAT I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re... JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ens... MARCO RUBIO It doesn't take an army to change the world, or an average-sized militia group, either. All it takes... MIKE KLEPPER Our environment is affected by changes to the whole world, as well as national policies and local de... BARBARA YOUNG Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that... JACK MILLER Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how bes... MIKE QUIGLEY Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our environment. We are glad to support effo... STEVE OWENS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO The U.S. is currently under a crude oil mandate, because few if any other choices exist for our tran... BRIAN JENNINGS - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terr... DOUGLAS ADAMS To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood the lesson. DEYTH BANGER She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s... ELIZABETH WINDER Boring people live boring lives. HABEEB AKANDE Can I buy you a drink when you get off?" "I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs." ERIC JEROME DICKEY He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury anoth... NALINI SINGH Seeking survival, hostile, hidden from sight, Deliciously flavoured - juicy, sweet bite, E... CLAUDIA BAKKER He muttered something foul and then climbed the stairs, rapping twice on Timmie’s door. “Ri... JEANIENE FROST Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti... FENNEL HUDSON I think when you look at our record in December at home, it's a real good indication that we've take... JACQUES MARTIN it is encouraging to hear that men of great ability themselves think that we have talent in our rank... PELE I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along ... STEPHEN HAWKING I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON When Congress has not taken action on a pressing environmental issue, states have the right to take ... BILL LOCKYER Living in your genome is the history of our species. BARRY SCHULER It is both wrong and short-sighted to believe that we can better protect our national security inter... TODD YOUNG We must oppose his confirmation as chief justice even more strenuously because, in that post, he wou... DEBRA NESS Before I got here, I thought that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it didn't exist, ... JOHN GREEN The ability to hear and the direction of gaze aren't necessarily linked. DANIEL WINKOWSKI until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite. SHANE L. KOYCZAN The ability to close the achievement gap is the civil rights issue of our generation, ... This is th... MITT ROMNEY The crude Oil that we depend on is a non renewable resource so we must use it wisely to develop our ... SOTONYE ANGA The people have a right to know how they will protect our environment and safeguard our harbors. All... J. KALANI ENGLISH When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, ... JACK MILLER We will do everything within our power to protect Floridians from unlawful debt collection practices... PAM BONDI I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to dest... DAVE MATTHEWS raises serious concerns about the ability of this administration to protect the safety of our nation... HOWARD DEAN What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spo... JANE GOODALL The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin... AKIROQ BROST This body and legislative bodies in the states are protectors of the people's rights, ... Legislator... JOHN ROBERTS
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