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" I don't know a single surfer who would say, 'Gee, I wish there were no sharks in the ocean.' "
Terri Irwin
Wish
Ocean
Know
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" I haven't dated anyone in the ten years since we lost Steve just because I feel a connection still with Steve. "
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" I live in Australia Zoo. I have a very private home. We've got three bedrooms, one bathroom... The carpets are rose-coloured, which grossed Steve out, but I love it. He let me do everything the way I wanted. The house is just warm and cozy and small. "
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" I went into this little reptile park, and Steve was doing the crocodile show, coincidentally... I was absolutely floored. That was it. This man was a real-life hero. I fell then and there, love at first sight. "
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" To get someone who is sensitive yet strong... Steve was that. "
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" I'm Mrs. Steve Irwin. I've got a lot to live up to. "
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" You can't focus on yourself. You need to focus on what you're doing for others, and then you can start to heal. "
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" I discovered on my own that I could cope better with the crippling effects of grief by taking care of myself, eating right, and working out. "
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" Bindi went in with the crocodiles when she was one month old and grew up with the crocodiles. "
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" I think, for other people who have lost someone and have loved again, it's a beautiful thing. But it's just not really on my horizon. "
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Horizon
People
" When we lost Steve, the grief was understandable, but I wasn't prepared for how scary everything became - that fear factor of 'Now I'm doing this on my own.' "
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Grief
Lost
" When you take those vows and say, 'We'll be together as long as we both shall live,' I really don't think I would've married if I hadn't met Steve. And he's very special to me and continues to be. "
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Me
Long
Live
" We've got that family opportunity of always filming together, so we can look back on good times anytime we want. "
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Opportunity
Together
" The thing is, Steve's a great role model, and he won't sit there and tell you that. "
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Role Model
Great
Role
" I still feel immense love and loyalty to Steve. And I've got great kids, I've got a very full life, and while I'm lonely for Steve, I'm not a lonely person. "
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Feel
Love
Loyalty
" I think it's wonderful when people who have lost someone find love again, but I'm not personally looking, and I haven't been on a date in 27 years. In fact, it's been so long, I've had a couple of lovely women ask me out because they figured that's the case. "
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Love
Women
Think
" For me, it was two years before I fed a big croc when I came to Australia. "
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Australia
Two
Years
" The only way to honor Steve and his legacy and everything he lived for was to try to continue his work and expand on it. "
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Lived
Honor
Legacy
" When I first met Steve, as an American tourist coming into the zoo, I fell desperately in love with him and married him immediately. "
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First
Him
Love
" After losing Steve, it does kind of feel like I'm free-falling. "
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After
Does
Feel
" No matter the circumstances are that you lose someone, nobody's truly prepared. Steve's accident was so unexpected - it was extremely challenging. "
Terri Irwin
Circumstances
You
Unexpected
" Steve hadn't been to acting school. He had no preconceived notions. His background was exactly what you see on television; he's done that all his life. We thought we'd do one show. What happened was, it did really well, so we did a part two. And from then on, we found that Steve's natural behavior in the wild happens to be fascinating! "
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You
Behavior
Life
" I have friends who have lost husbands and have gone off and tried different things. Nothing wrong with that. "
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Nothing
Wrong
Off
" When it comes to managing crocodiles, we are learning that it is actually more important to manage people. Learning how to keep people safe from crocodiles will ultimately protect visitors to croc territory as well as the crocodilians themselves. "
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Learning
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Will
" It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection. "
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Plan
Zoo
You
" Our message, without preaching, is how to treat wildlife and to have empathy for all animals. "
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Empathy
Wildlife
Animals
" It pays to be in the best shape possible when you're wrangling the largest reptiles on Earth! "
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Earth
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" I'm real adamant that, when we have family time scheduled, that we stick to it. "
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Adamant
Stick
" Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity. "
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Grief
Day
Sad
" You can't just go and collect animals from the wild. It's totally illegal. "
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Illegal
Just
Wild
" The determination I have to try to continue Steve's work and make the world a better place is so important. "
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Try
Place
Determination