Gertrude Jekyll Quotes

In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.

Gertrude Jekyll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 29, 1843 - December 8, 1932

Topics

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I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely.

Jenny Holzer

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If you've written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a 'feminine' image on the cover, it 'types' the book.

Meg Wolitzer

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People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.

Michael Bloomberg

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Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself.

Amos Oz

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I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

Matt Bomer

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To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

Djuna Barnes

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My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Christopher Morley

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Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.

Clive Sinclair

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For me, I just like to cut out bread. I like to keep the good carbs in my diet - I love pasta and Italian food - but I try to eat just that on the weekends and cut out carbs during the week.

Ashley Tisdale

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I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of.

Peter Tork

NothingAshamedWellKnewDidHow

I think as storytelling has changed, you know, it's kind of turned into kind of hyper-reality movies.

Thomas Newman

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If the cap ain't on my Crest, if it's squeezed from the middle and not the bottom, there's a problem.

Tiny Tim

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