"To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities."
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"Chimps are brutal, and it is so deliberate. The males go out and get near the boundary of their territory. And they walk very silently trying hard not to make any noise. They will climb into a tree and stare out over hostile territory for hours. They are waiting for the right opportunity. And then they attack."
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"O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines"
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"Some trees are too deeply rooted to move ... And if they are uprooted, they will die."
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"When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence."
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"My worthy friend, gray are all theories And green alone Life's golden tree."
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"Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]"
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"I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree."
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"The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal."
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"Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of serpents. I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees!"
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"I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top."
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"Your chances of getting hit by lighting go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!!"
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"A forest of all manner of trees is poor, if not disagreeable, in effect; a mass of one species of tree is sublime."
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"All true opinions are living, and show their life by being capable of nourishment; therefore of change. But their change is that of a tree not of a cloud."
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"Happy will be the men who, having the power and the love and the benevolent forecast to [create a park], will do it. They will not be forgotten. The trees and their lovers will sing their praises, and generations yet unborn will rise up and call them blessed."
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"I have enjoyed the trees & scenery of KY exceedingly. How shall I ever tell of the miles & miles of beauty that have been flowing into me in such measure?"
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"Government protection should be thrown around every wild grove and forest on the mountains, as it is around every private orchard, and the trees in public parks. To say nothing of their value as fountains of timber, they are worth infinitely more than all the gardens and parks of towns."
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"In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others"
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"Or thou might'st better listen to the wind, Whose language is to thee a barren noise, Though it blows legend-laden through the trees."
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"If you don't like where you are, then change it. You are not a tree!"
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