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I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that werent really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. – Ken Thompson

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That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty. – Ken Thompson

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God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. – Francis Bacon

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A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. – Luis Barragan

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The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London. – Jeremy Northam

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A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. – Liberty Hyde Bailey

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