"There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries."

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Source : Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.141

Robert Fortune

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“As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.”
“To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.”
“And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.”
“I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.”

Source : Guardian interviews at the BFI with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. July 16 , 2001.
“It had to go in, but it didn't.”
“I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.”

Source : Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.8, Penguin

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