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all things live only if something else is cleared out of the path to make way. No death; no life. No exceptions. Things must come and go. People. Years. Ideas. Everything. The wheel turns, and the old is cleared away as fodder for the new.
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Pardon me, but my father says that it is a lie that Americans have everything. You have no sheep, no goats, no trees, no oil, no vines, no wine, not even chickens. He asks, 'What kind of life is that?' He says, 'No wonder you don't sing or dance or recite poetry very often.
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life
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culture
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When I'm finished, I have a sense of accomplishment. A sense of competence. I am good at doing the laundry. At least that. And it's a religious experience, you know. Water, earth, fire--polarities of wet and dry, hot and cold, dirty and clean. The great cycles--round and round--beginning and end--Alpha and Omega, amen. I am in touch with the GREAT SOMETHING-OR-OTHER. For a moment, at least, life is tidy and has meaning.
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My mother was pulling my leg on that one. I have collected so much gift-wrapped trash over the years from people who copped out and hurriedly bought a little plastic cheapie to give under the protective flag of good thoughts. I tell you, it is the gift that counts. Or rather, people who think good thoughts give good gifts. It ought to be a rule--the Brass Rule of Gift Exchange.
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Verim, ze fantazie je silnejsi nez vedeni. Ze myty maji vetsi moc nez historie. Ze sny jsou mocnejsi nez skutecnost. Ze nadeje vzdy zvitezi nad zkusenosti. Ze smich je jedinym lekem na zarmutek. A verim, ze laska je silnejsi nez smrt.
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The pig was so earnest. So sincere. So very "there." The pig brought gravity and mythic import to this well-worn fairy tale."
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humor
humorous-quotes
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Everything looks better at a distance. If you made it up, you have to live it down. Everything is compost. There is no they--only us. It's a mistake to believe everything you think. You can get used to anything. Sometimes things are just as bad as they seem. It helps if you always have somebody to kiss goodnight.
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In that moment of educational ennui, a freshman girl says, "I can bring a human brain to school if you want-my father has lots of them." (Talk about a full-scale class alert: "She's going to do WHAT?!")"
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Robert Fulghum |
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Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts. . . .
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Robert Fulghum |
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Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., the summer I turned
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Robert Fulghum |
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Keep your eyes open. Suspend judgment. Be useful,
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Robert Fulghum |
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I have never liked the phrase that says we're just made of dust and return to dust. We are energy, which is interchangeable with light. We are fire and water and earth. We are air and atoms and quarks. Moreover, we are dreams, hopes, and fears held together by wisdom and driven apart by folly. So much more than dust. The biblical verse should say, "Miracle thou art and to Mystery returneth."
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Robert Fulghum |
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There are far worse things to drop on people than Crayolas.
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Robert Fulghum |
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If you only make it up, you never have to live it down.
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Robert Fulghum |
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We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
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Robert Fulghum |
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Arguing whether or not God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name of God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.
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humorous
humour
spirituality
humor-inspirational
spirituality-quotes
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Moths and butterflies are not the same thing. Moths sneak around in the dark munching your sweater and are ugly. Butterflies hand out with flowers in the daytime and are pretty. Never mind any facts or what silkworm moths are responsible for, or what poisonous butterflies do.
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Robert Fulghum |
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Out of the mouths of babes may come gems of wisdom, but also garbage.
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Robert Fulghum |
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Why is there Something instead of Nothing?
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Robert Fulghum |
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You know, without realizing it we fill important places in each other's lives.
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Robert Fulghum |
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If I don't have time to live my life right the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?
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Robert Fulghum |
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As long as life exists, something always happens next. There are always consequences--always sequels.
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Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know." -- Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" --
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Circumstances, luck, mutual need, affection and time played a part. No relationships were made in heaven. They were made because living things were looking for good company. And when you found good company, you valued it deeply and were responsible for its up-keep and well-being.
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relationships
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Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
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Robert Fulghum |
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Life-and-death. Lifedeath. One event. One short event. Don't forget.
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You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know.
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I don't think the thing is to be well known, but being worth knowing.
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