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The examined life is no picnic.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
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Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Examined
Life
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We could learn a lot from crayons some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.
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Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.
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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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Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.
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The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.
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If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.
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Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.
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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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Clean up your own mess.
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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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Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make
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We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be.
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The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature’s imperfect but tenacious survivors.
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It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.
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Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
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Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.
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