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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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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
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Robert Lee Fulghum
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Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A Beauty Bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.
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The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.
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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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Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School.
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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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Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
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I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.
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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 point is that getting married for lust or money or social status or even love is usually trouble. The point is that marriage is a maze into which we wander - a maze that is best got through with a great companion.
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And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.
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It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
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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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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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Even the finest workman needs to inspect his work critically.
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If dandelions were rare and fragile, people would knock themselves out to pay $14.95 a plant, raise them by hand in greenhouses, and form dandelion societies and all that. But, they are everywhere and don't need us and kind of do what they please. So we call them weeds and murder them at every opportunity
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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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Just when you thought that you already learned the way how to live, life changes - and you're left the same as you begun.
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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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Once you know where the roller coaster is going, are you in for the ride?
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It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
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