"A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next."

-- John Evelyn

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“You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.”
“People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.”
“Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.
“I like the architecture of lingerie.”

Source : "Costume Legend Colleen Atwood and Composer Marco Beltrami Reflect On Their Careers". Interview with Zainab Akande, www.indiewire.com. November 7, 2014.
“Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Dust & Decay”, p.399, Simon and Schuster
“In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and biographers. But in my culture the past lives. My people feel this way in part because death does not separate us from our ancestors.”
“I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.”
“When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call â€œthe first derivative.â€ Is this person learning? Is this candidate moving forward, or have they stagnated.”

Source : Eric Sink (2006). “Eric Sink on the Business of Software”, p.103, Apress

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