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To insist on one's place in the scheme of things and to live up to that place.To empower others in their reaching for some place in the scheme of things.To do these things is to make fairy tales come true.
Robert Fulghum
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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
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Robert Lee Fulghum
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But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.
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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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There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We don’t help people who don’t have better values than you do.
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Anything can happen. The great banana peel of existence is always on the floor somewhere.
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to understand our love they'd have to turn the world upside down
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This is an exercise in power - the power of mind over matter. If you don't mind being inadequate, it doesn't matter.
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Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question. What do you do?.
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Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.
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An artists job is to see. And to go out in the world and see it firsthand, just as it is to report with line and words what is seen. To be in the world, not just study about the world, that is the artists task
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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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To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'
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Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in a breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.
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Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the ding-dong on everybody involved.
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For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.
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If you can't find the exact quote you want, make it up.
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And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.
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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 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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