"The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired."

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Source : Robert Fortune (1853). “Two visits to the tea countries of China and the british tea plantations in the Himalaya”, p.74

Robert Fortune

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“You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.”
“I got everybody on my side through comedy.”
“The catalyst that converts any physical location - any environment if you will - into a place, is the process of experiencing deeply. A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings. Viewed simply as a life-support system, the earth is an environment. Viewed as a resource that sustains our humanity, the earth is a collection of places.”
“You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.”
“Good public speaking is based on good private thinking”

Source : Scott Berkun (2009). “Confessions of a Public Speaker”, p.57, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
“To condemn your sin in another is hypocrisy. Not to condemn is to reserve your right to sin.”
“I was really lucky for the friends that I had and loved every minute of it. I don't think I was a geek, but I loved the studies and we had a really good theater company at our school.”

Source : "The Time Traveling Actor". Interview with Haley Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 28, 2015.
“A student is almost always feeling motivated to practice, if he leaves his lesson feeling capable”

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