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Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.

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
Motivational
Bestowed
Loved
Willingly
Expectation
Without
Freely
Always
Expectations
Love
Gift
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Marriage

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Love is a dynamic interaction, lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
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Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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To that there is an answer.
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Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life also offers unlimited beauty and potential for joy as well as endless opportunities for pleasure.
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He who remains calm while those around him panic probably doesn't know what's going on.
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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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