Robert Fortune Quotes

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.

Robert Fortune

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880

Topics

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The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

John Boyd Orr

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Shakespeare was the thing that started me off on that train, you know, and every one of his plays. There are so many different characters, and the wonderful thing about being in an all-girls school was I got to play them all, you know. So I got to play Mercutio and Oberon and Malvolio - it was great.

Andrea Riseborough

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I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.

Mekhi Phifer

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I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.

Matt McGorry

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You cannot classify a whole group of people based upon their religion and determine their intent. That's not fair. It's not American.

Jeff Fortenberry

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I don't really have a strict diet. I tend to keep the junk food out, but I tend to follow my cravings as well. I love the chips, the hot wings, fries. I tend to eat it all, to be honest.

Tori Bowie

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I got everybody on my side through comedy.

Ruth Buzzi

ComedyThroughSideGotEverybody

If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.

Mickey Drexler

TimeThinkBetterYouTroubleKnow

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Miguel de Unamuno

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I do not think it is an advantage to build planned packaged houses. If you prefabricate a house completely, it becomes an unnecessary restriction.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department.

Louis A. Johnson

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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

Diogenes

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