"I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its owner or his or her tastes, just as one's clothes do; it should be neither too large nor too small, but just comfortable."

-- Gertrude Jekyll

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“All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it.”
“If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct.”

Source : Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1983). “Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Truth is life's most precious commodity.”
“Often, very talented technical people find it extraordinarily difficult to take the viewpoint of customers, who are often ignorant about the technology and who may have strong and perhaps incorrect prejudices about it. The technical people may believe, deep down, that they know better what customers "should" need. Customers, of course, have a different perspective. They want products that will solve customer problems and provide other customer benefits, and will do so without undue risk or cost. Not infrequently, customers view advanced technology itself as a risk.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.”
“Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him.Â That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.”
“He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.”
“Just like the bright sun, I am a radiant being. Others feel safe and warm in my presence.”

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