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You know how some people seem to think that their love for classical music makes them spiritual or at least something quite special? And others who think you are a monster if you don't 'love children,' however obnoxious the children may be? Well, I found out that many people who love flowers look down on those who don't.

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Ruth Stout
Age: 96 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 14
Died: 1980
Died: August 22
Author
Horticulturist
Writer
Topeka
Kansas
Love
Music
Least
Monster
Think
Look
Quite
Classical
Thinking
Wells
Spiritual
Monsters
People
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Flowers
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Flower
Many
Others
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Children
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Seem
Something
May
Special
Obnoxious

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