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| | | In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were | | You can complain because roses have |
| | | purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works | | thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns |
| | | out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 | | have roses. |
| | | roses per person. | | |
| | | | | Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. |
| | | Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, | | |
| | | pale-colored roses signify friendship. | | It matters not what goal you seek Its secret |
| | | | | here reposes: You've got to dig from week to |
| | | Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and | | week To get Results or Roses. |
| | | admiration. | | |
| | | | | Flowers are the sweetest things God ever |
| | | The rose is the state flower selected by | | made and forgot to put a soul into. |
| | | Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and | | |
| | | the District of Columbia. | | What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
| | | | | By any other name would smell as sweet. |
| | | Coral roses imply desire. | | |
| | | | | Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it |
| | | Lavender roses mean love at first sight. | | takes time - we haven't time - and to see |
| | | | | takes time, like to have a friend takes time. |
| | | George Washington, our first President, was | | |
| | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | A cynic is a man who, when he smells |
| | | | | flowers, looks around for a coffin. |
| | | Birthday: There is no better way to say | | |
| | | happy birthday than with roses in any color. | | To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a |
| | | Another great option is an assorted | | Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the |
| | | arrangement in a vase or basket combining | | palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. |
| | | flowers such as lilies, iris and tulips. | | |
| | | | | An idealist is one who, on noticing that a |
| | | Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; | | rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes |
| | | historically, they meant a decrease of love | | that it will also make better soup. |
| | | and infidelity. | | |
| | | | | The cloning of humans is on most of the lists |
| | | Columbus discovered America because of a | | of things to worry about from Science, along |
| | | rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, | | with behaviour control, genetic engineering, |
| | | while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of | | transplanted heads, computer poetry and the |
| | | the crewmen picked a rose branch from the | | unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. |
| | | water. This sign of land renewed their hope | | |
| | | for survival and gave the seafarers the | | |
| | | courage to continue on to the New World. | | |
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