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Robert Fulghum [1937-0] American

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Robert Lee Fulghum is an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister.

Chance, Death, Dreams, Experience, Great, History, Hope, Imagination, Inspirational, Knowledge, Learning, Life, Love, Money, Music, New Year's, Parenting

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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.	Death, Dreams, Experience, History, Hope, Imagination, Knowledge, Love	101
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.	Parenting	102
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.	Great, Money	103
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.		104
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.		105
Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.		106
All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.	Life	107
If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.	New Year's	108
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.		109
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.	Inspirational, Music	110
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.		111
Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.		112
Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.		113
Clean up your own mess.		114
The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.		115
You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.		116
I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.	Chance, Learning	117
The examined life is no picnic.		118
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.		119
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.		120
Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.		121
You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.		122
I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.		123
I believe in dancing.		124
I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.		125
I think my writing is part of my ministry.		126
No. I was an only child.		201
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.		202
To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'		203
My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.		204
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.		205
I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.		206
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.		207
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.		208
Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning.		209
Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us - public, private, and secret.		210
'Maybe.' There's our word. The wisest answer to ultimate questions.		211
Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood.		212
'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.		213
The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.		214
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.		215
Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to have a dog to be president, I guess.		216
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 in everybody involved.		217

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