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People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does...And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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The universe is too grand and harmonious to believe it's all an accident.
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.
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It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.
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I like myself better when I'm with you.
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Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?
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You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.
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The word 'commitment' has lost it's meaning. I'm old enough to remember when it used to be positive. A commited person was someone to be admired. He was loyal and steady. Now a commitment is something you avoid. You don't want to tie yourself down.
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Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart.
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The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn't get enough.
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My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.
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Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition.
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I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.
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It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard?
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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
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Something is always happening somewhere.
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Going back to something is harder than you think.
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But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future.
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Strangers are family you haven't recognize yet
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The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.
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We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds like an orchestra.
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