"Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert."

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Source : Arthur Young (1792). “Travels during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789: undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the kingdom of France”, p.37

Arthur Young

#Men Quotes #Garden Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives.”
“When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.”
“Men have a trick of coming up to what is expected of them, good or bad.”

Source : Jacob August Riis (1973). “Jacob Riis revisited: poverty and the slum in another era”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs
“It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.”

Source : Muriel Spark (2015). “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, p.11, Canongate Books
“The world is always ending; the exact date depends on when you came into it.”
“I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of us, when in deep trauma, find we hesitate, we stammer; there are long pauses in our speech. The thing is stuck. We get our language back through the language of others. We can turn to the poem. We can open the book. Somebody has been there for us and deep-dived the words.”
“I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one.”

Source : "Hoffman, Witherspoon capture SAG Awards". www.today.com. January 30, 2006.
“For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope.”

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