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Don't
worry that children never listen to you;
worry that they are always watching you. |
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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.
What I notice is that every
adult or child I give a new set of Crayolas to goes a little
funny. The kids smile, get a glazed look on their faces, pour the
crayons out, and just look at them for a while. The adults
always get the most wonderful kind of sheepish smile on their
faces--a mixture of delight and nostalgia and silliness. And they
immediately start telling you about all their experiences with
Crayolas.
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The grass is not, in fact,
always greener on the other
side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing
to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend
the grass wherever you may be.
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Think what a
better world it would be if we all--the whole world--had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and
then
lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments
had as
a basic policy to always put things back where they found
them
and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old
you are-when you go out
into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Above
all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't
stupid.
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Every
person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something
and take something away. Most of this “something” cannot
be seen or
heard or numbered or scientifically detected or counted.
It’s what we
leave in the minds of other people and what they leave in
ours. Memory. The census doesn’t count it. Nothing counts without it.
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Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words
will break our hearts. |
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The
heart will turn to a prune if love is always by the numbers.
How will you know if someone really loves you if they
only meet your expectations and not your needs? |
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I do
not want to know what you will hope for. I want to know
what you will work for. I do not want your sympathy for the
needs of humanity. I want your muscle. As the wagon driver
said when they came to a long, hard hill: "Them that’s
going on
with us, get out and push. Them that ain’t, get out of the way." |
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I
often say that I don't worry about the meaning of life--I
can't handle
that big stuff. What concerns me is the meaning in
life--day by day,
hour by hour, while I'm doing whatever it is that I do. What
counts
is not what I do, but how I think about myself while I'm doing it. |
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Author
Robert Fulghum has published seven best-selling books: All
I
Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, It Was on Fire When
I Lay Down on It, Uh-Oh, Maybe (Maybe Not), From Beginning to End
-- The Rituals of Our Lives, True Love and Words I Wish I
Wrote. There are currently more than 16 million copies
of his books in print, published
in 27 languages in 103 countries.
Fulghum has performed in two television adaptations of his work
for
PBS, and is a Grammy nominee for the spoken word award. He
has been a speaker at numerous colleges, conventions, and public
events across the United States. He has been a
nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing has
been adapted for the stage in two theater pieces: All I
Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and Uh-Oh,
Here Comes Christmas. There have been more than 700
national and international productions of the plays.
Robert Fulghum was born in 1937, and grew up in Waco, Texas.
In his
youth he worked as a ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, ranch hand,
and
singing cowboy. After college and a short career with IBM,
he returned
to graduate school to complete a degree in theology. For 22
years he
served as a parish minister of Unitarian churches in the Pacific
Northwest. During this same period he taught drawing,
painting, and
philosophy at the Lakeside School in Seattle. Fulghum is an
accomplished painter and sculptor. He sings, and plays the
guitar and mando-cello. He was a founding member of the
authors' collective rock-and-roll band, the Rock-Bottom
Remainders.
Fulghum has four children and seven grandchildren. He
lives in
Seattle, Washington, and on the Greek island of Crete. |
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