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Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
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Novelist
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University Teacher
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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He must understand that if he is the world's finest plum and someone he loves does not like plums, he has the choice of becoming a banana. But he must be warned that if he chooses to become a banana, he will be a second rate banana. But he can always be the best plum.
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