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I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
Author
Novelist
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Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Boredom
Blessing
Taking
Learning
Chance
Fear
Comes
Chances

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Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.
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If you can't find the exact quote you want, make it up.
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Imagination is more important than information. Einstein said that, and he should know. And they come. And they look. And we push. And they fly. We to stay and die on our beds. They to go and die howsoever, yet inspiring those who come after them to find their own edge. And fly.
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The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.
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You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
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Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
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Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
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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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If only the scientific experts could come up with something to get it out of our minds. One cup of fixit fizzle that will lift the dirt from our lives, soften our hardness, protect our inner parts, improve our processing, reduce our yellowing and wrinkling, improve our natural color, and make us sweet and good.
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It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
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