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Life Quotes by Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum says life gets meaning from the choices we make, even when the future feels uncertain. He encourages paying attention to ordinary moments, turning simple objects into meaning. He also points out that recognizing the difference between a minor inconvenience and a real problem helps us cope.

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The examined life is no picnic.

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Now everybody has some secret goals in life.

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Life is. I am. Anything might happen.

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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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“Whenever life becomes Tinkertoys, the queen may be sacrificed.”

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Now Everybody has some secret goals in life...Sometimes you can get what you want and what you need at the sames time.

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The best feelings in your life come when you start feeling good after you've been feeling just awful

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“Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away.”

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Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

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'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.

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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…

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We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,…

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On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and…

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So you drive as far as you can, even when you can clearly read the sign. You want to think you are…

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“Until you have experienced raccoons mating underneath your bedroom at three in the morning, you have missed one of life's sensational moments.”

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Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance…

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“Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play…

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Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of…

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All of these are names given me by other people, but not names I would have given myself. My name is not…

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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…

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Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to live…

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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…

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Everyone has doors in the living room of their lives that they assume are locked. Doors that lead to artistic expression. People…

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Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to…

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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…

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I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have -…

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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…

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“1. Children are not pets. 2. The life they actually live and the life you perceive them to be living is not…

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“I am sometimes amazed at what we did not fully grasp in kindergarten. In the years I was a parish minister I…

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If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a matter of…

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“Nobody goes "AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" when they sing it. Maybe because it puts the life adventure in such clear and simple terms. The small…

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You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.

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If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to…

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Life-and-death. Lifedeath. One event. One short event. Don't forget.

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Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living.

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I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

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I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

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Anything can happen. The great banana peel of existence is always on the floor somewhere.

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One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

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And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.

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All I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten. Share everything ... Don't hit people ... Clean up your own mess ...

No. I was an only child.

You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.