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The Sikh gave him the money. When Menon asked for his address so that he could repay the man, the Sikh said that Menon owed the debt to any stranger who came to him in need, as long as he lived. The help came from a stranger and was to be repaid to a stranger.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
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Only an open mind still has room for new knowledge. What is outgrown and used up must be discarded to make room for what is yet to be learned. And much of the best thinking is done alone-in deserts, on beaches, in bed, behind closed doors. It is why we say we need to get away-to escape from clutter and busyness-to hear ourselves think.
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Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found.
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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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To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'
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Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
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Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.
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Once you know where the roller coaster is going, are you in for the ride?
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One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.
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Even the finest workman needs to inspect his work critically.
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So you drive as far as you can, even when you can clearly read the sign. You want to think you are exempt, that it doesn’t apply to you. But it does. Life is still a dead end. And we still have a hard time believing it
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Desire is the intangible quality that has more impact on success than talent, education, or IQ. You can't see desire, but you can feel its presence, and see its results in the lives of successful people.
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I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.
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As one old gentleman put it, Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.
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Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.
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Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make
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Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
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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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It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.
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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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