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" I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share. "

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" When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal - the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits. "

" Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing. "

" Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. "

" I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. "

" A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. "

" I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. "

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" I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it. "

" I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning. "

" Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. "

" If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. "

" It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. "

" What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. "

" You can be a follower of Muhammad or Jesus or Buddha or whomever. Always, they said that the most essential factor is to love your neighbor. And to love you. "

" My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off. "

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" All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love. "

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" Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. "

" Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. "

" We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. "

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" Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise. "

" What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. "

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