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The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.


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GARY F EVANS... The nonprofit sector is an incredibly important part of the economic sector of the community.
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Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today.
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LAURA ESQUIVEL Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus.
LUCAS GRABEEL Good luck, good will, good fortune, not ill.
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TED DEKKER Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What...
TED DEKKER Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
TED DANSON Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunit...
TED DANSON We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick...
TED DANSON We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evol...
TED DANSON If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take anot...
TED DANSON When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
TED DANSON 'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final a...
TED DANSON Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbli...
TED DANSON I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming beca...
TED DANSON