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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. ↗

— Federico Garcia Lorca

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When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

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But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well. ↗

— Julian Bond

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully. ↗

— Matthew Fox

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Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state. ↗

— William Law

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Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. ↗

— Maimonides

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When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. ↗

— David Mamet

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