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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist

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"Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life." "Your strength?" "Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . ."

Looks Hands Tree

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer

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"At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it."

Looks Tree Sky

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician

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"He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself."

Tree Block Chips

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Tongues I'll hang on every tree That shall civil sayings show. . . ."

Tree Shows Tongue

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William Wordsworth Poet

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"This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed."

Tree Form Decay

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Rainer Maria Rilke Poet, Novelist

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"Look: the trees exist; the houses we dwell in stand there stalwartly. Only we pass by it all, like a rush of air. And everything conspires to keep quiet about us, half out of shame perhaps, half out of some secret hope."

House Air Tree

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet

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"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit."

Fall Tree Rope

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree."

Creativity Tree Becoming

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author

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"The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees."

Night Voice Tree

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker

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"Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses."

Tree Management Monkeys

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Robert Henri Artist

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"A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods."

Needs Doe Tree

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Robert Jordan Author

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"A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first."

Hands Tree Fool

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Stephen King Author

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"Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters."

Tree October Backyards

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Shel Silverstein Poet, Songwriter, Author

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"TREE HOUSE A tree house, a free house, A secret you and me house, A high up in the leafy branches Cozy as can be house. A street house, a neat house, Be sure to wipe your feet house Is not my kind of house at all- Let's go live in a tree house."

House Feet Tree

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Laozi Philosopher

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"The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout."

Tree Arms Grew

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Zora Neale Hurston Novelist, Anthropologist

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"God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble."

Tree Beauty Noble

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Isaac Watts Hymn Writer, Poet

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"Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!"

Love Is Tree Easter

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Gautama Buddha Spiritual Teacher

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"From a withered tree, a flower blooms"

Flower Tree Withered

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman

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"Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves the insects are eating each other; violence is a part of life."

Beautiful Tree Violence

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator

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"Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit."

Littles Tree Agriculture

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