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You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
Author
Novelist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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Love

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Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
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This loving person is a person who abhors waste - waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
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You can't imagine the joy I feel when I hear that something I've said or done or written has helped others to regain their sense of dignity, to motivate them to develop their unique potential, to encourage them to reach out to others in love.
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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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If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
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The human need to play is a powerful one. When we ignore it, we feel there is something missing in our lives.
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Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
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Happiness and love are just a choice away.
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A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
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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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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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The only people who become wealthy by being concerned with the future are insurance companies.
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To love others you must love yourself...You can only give to others what you have yourself.
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I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
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Don't look over people's shoulders. Look in their eyes. Don't talk at your children. Take their faces in your hands and talk to them. Don't make love to a body, make love to a person.
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To love is to risk not being loved in return.
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Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.
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