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Robert Fulghum, born on June 4, 1937, is an American author known for his warm, humorous, and insightful writing. His book 'All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten' has become a bestseller and influenced many readers.

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“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.”

Long I Can Lasts Night Left Goal Sweet Dance Elegant Tango

Author:Robert Fulghum

“Do you ever go off with a long grocery list and come home from the store with a bunch of different stuff? And somebody in the family unsacks the groceries and wants to know why you got this and didn't get that and just where is the whatever? And you want to say, 'Well, just be glad I came back, okay?' And the unpacker says, 'Well, next time bring what's on the list.'”

Knows Want Wells Long Different Home Next Stuff Okay Stores Lists Glad Bunch Coming Home Next Time Groceries Grocery Lists

Book:It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

Source: It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

“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’.”

Knows Way Want Needs Long Said Hard Humanity Hills Muscles Drivers Wagons

Author:Robert Fulghum

“A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing.”

Long Black Goes On Twenties Seven Tongue Inches Vocal Cords Giraffe Vocal Cords

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“It’s the spirit here that counts. The time may be long, the vehicle may be strange or unexpected. But if the dream is held close to the heart, and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand, everything is still possible.”

Ifs Heart May Long Stills Dream Hands Spirit Imagination Strange Unexpected Vehicle

Book:All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

“The Sikh gave him the money. When Menon asked for his address so that he could repay the man, the Sikh said that Menon owed the debt to any stranger who came to him in need, as long as he lived. The help came from a stranger and was to be repaid to a stranger.”

Men Inspirational Needs Long Said Helping Stranger Debt Addresses

Author:Robert Fulghum

“I know what I really want for Christmas. I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.”

Ifs Knows Want Giving Trying Heart Children Long Might Happens Joy Waiting Memories Behinds Wonderful Doors Childhood Give Me Christmas Vulnerable Make Sense Far Away Long Ago

Author:Robert Fulghum

“Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . —Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH”

Way Long Has Beens Hard Done Wish Taken Journey Thirds My Way Gates Instruction Fear Not Gatekeepers

Author:Robert Fulghum

“The name is not important anymore - it's the tone that counts. I feel like an old dog I know. He will come to any name you call him, just so long as your demeanor carries with it the promise of affection and food”

Knows Feels Long Important Names Dog Promise Affection Tone Carrie Old Dog Demeanor

Book:Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

Source: Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

“Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.”

Kind Long Has Beens Long Time Disaster Survivor Catastrophe Living Things Setback

Author:Robert Fulghum