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We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
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LA
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Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
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I was one of those fortunate individuals who grew up in a large, passionate, demonstrative Italian family where we were taught to love as naturally as we breathed and ate giant bowls of pasta!
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The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.
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In order to learn, you have to be free. You have to be free to experiment, free to try, free to make mistakes.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying to deceive the heart. It depends upon our honesty for its survival.
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We all need to be recognized for what we're doing, for our work. Every once in a while we need someone to come up to us and say, 'You're beautiful. That was well done. That's nice.'
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Love is always changing and unless we stay aware and change with it, it eludes us.
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