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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was its reward. Who was the labor for? What would be its fruits? These were irrelevant and idle questions."

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Edwin Louis Cole Author, Speaker
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"Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren."

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Brian Jacques Author
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"Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend."

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Tom Ford Fashion Designer
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"At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom - but I have them tailored."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed"

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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal."

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"As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was."

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