"A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations."
"Garden making, like gardening itself, concerns the relationship of the human being to his natural surroundings."
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Source: Recall Election Claims Arizona Anti-Immigration Champion. www.nytimes.com. November 10, 2011.
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