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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
Fred Rogers
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Fred Rogers
Age: 74 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 20
Died: 2003
Died: February 27
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In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- moments when we human beings can say I love you, I'm proud of you, I forgive you, I'm grateful for you. That's what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff.
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In appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something truly sacred.
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I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.
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