All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Quotes from the Book
Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.
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If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten to one they'll think you're crazy.
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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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Never, ever regret or apologize for believing that when one man or one woman decides to risk addressing the world with truth, the world may stop what it is doing and hear. There is too much evidence to the contrary.
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Is it always to be a winners-losers world, or can we keep everyone in the game? Do we still have what it takes to find a better way?
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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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It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.
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Whenever life becomes Tinkertoys, the queen may be sacrificed.
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The best-selling author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten returns with a new collection of witty, down-to-earth essays. 400,000 first printing. $350,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Book details
- First published
- 1993
- Author
- Robert Fulghum
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Goodreads rating
- 4.14 (3k ratings)
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