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The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

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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Kids
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A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.
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We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.
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A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry, and only you can fulfill that tiny space that is yours.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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Learn to bend. It's better than breaking.
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Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings, while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?
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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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I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present.
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Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.
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Don't over analyze your relationships.
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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
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There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.
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A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul.
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Say yes to life! Yes to wonder, to joy, to despair. Yes to pain, yes to what you don't understand. Try yes. Try always. Try possible. Try hopeful. Try I will. And try I can.
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One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.
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