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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

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It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

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For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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