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Andy Goldsworthy Quotes: If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that.
         

If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that.


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