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Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys w... FLORENCE KING 'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of t... FLORENCE WELCH I've always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started g... FLORENCE WELCH Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out o... TYLER FLORENCE Baghdad is at the heart of the major issues of our time. For a foreign correspondent it is a dream t... FLORENCE AUBENAS I had no stratagems, no tricks. You are simply obliged to put up with it, you have no choice. FLORENCE AUBENAS Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they b... FLORENCE AUBENAS She came to this country to do her job as a journalist and not anything else. FLORENCE AUBENAS Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holi... FLORENCE ALLSHORN First and foremost I am a chef, whether behind the stove at one of my Northern California restaurant... TYLER FLORENCE I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in s... FLORENCE WELCH We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition o... FLORENCE KING Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ou... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or lat... FLORENCE SHINN Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: ... FLORENCE KING It's about how to make the best meat loaf or fried chicken or macaroni and cheese. It's about brilli... TYLER FLORENCE It's a more intimate setting. We wanted our brides to have a good selection but be able to remember ... FLORENCE BELCHER We're setting the show up like a wedding. The fashion show will take place with the brides walking d... FLORENCE BELCHER [By eating fish] you may be replacing a fatty meal like a bacon cheeseburger with something low in f... FLORENCE SHEEHAN I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three. FLORENCE WELCH I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do d... FLORENCE WELCH I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my prot... FLORENCE WELCH I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism. FLORENCE WELCH Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any e... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'de... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE How very little can be done under the spirit of fear FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute th... FLORENCE KING In the South, Sunday morning sex is accompanied by church bells. FLORENCE KING The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown o... TYLER FLORENCE What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about whic... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE You ask me why I do not write something.... I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they o... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE When I used to live in the Brewster Projects, I always thought it would be fantastic to have a phone... FLORENCE BALLARD