"A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations."
"'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. A good garden cannot be made by somebody who has not developed the capacity to know and love growing things."
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Source: Recall Election Claims Arizona Anti-Immigration Champion. www.nytimes.com. November 10, 2011.
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