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Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
Author
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Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Heart
Sticks
Bones
Stones
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Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
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The examined life is no picnic.
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If you can't find the exact quote you want, make it up.
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Life is. I am. Anything might happen.
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A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing.
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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
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About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!
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