“No gardener, no garden!”

— Stephen R. Covey , book First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

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American educator, author, businessman and motivational spe… 1932–2012

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Thus up from the garden to the Gardener, from the sword to the Smith. to the life-giving Life and the Beauty that makes beautiful.

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