"Plants are as responsive to thought as children."

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Luther Burbank

#Children Quotes #Plant Quotes

“Other presidents behind the scenes mutter epithets about the media. Donald Trump calls us the lowest form of human life to our face. Other presidents tried their best to go around the media that they don't think are expressing their views. President Trump just is - is just very, very vocal about that and much more - spends much more time being vocal about that.”
“I knew it wasn't fair, I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help it. And after a while, the anger I felt just sort of became part of me, like it was the only way I knew how to handle the grief. I didn't like who I'd become, but I was stuck in this horrible cycle of questions and blame.”
“The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.”
“The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.”
“Our painful experiences strengthen us in becoming more empathetic, more caring, and deeper human beings. We grow in depth of understanding, with greater appreciation for the miracle of life.”
“Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes; To place thy friends in ease, the rest in woes. For here though death doth end their misery, I'll there begin their endless tragedy.”
“I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had the designing of myself, I'd be born the lowest and coarsest-minded person imaginable, so that I could find plenty of companionship, or I'd be born an idiot, which would be better still.”

Source : Miles Franklin (2009). “My Brilliant Career”, p.61, The Floating Press
“Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.”

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