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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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Novelist
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Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Life
Picnic
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My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.
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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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I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.
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It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
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You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption - of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians on the take. Don't be misled. They are news because they are the exceptions.
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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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