"Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question. "What do you do?"."

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Source : Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.65, Ivy Books

Robert Fulghum

#Life Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Job Titles Quotes

“The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.”

Source : "Nicholas Stern: We must not give in to pessimism" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.
“The first and foremost reality is that suffering and death are not only enemies of life, but a means of reminding us of life's twin realities, love and hate.”
“Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.”
“(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn't work that way.”
“We [with Frank Moore Cross] have the same fervor, the same passion when in front of us is a page, a unique page - every page is unique - of the Pentateuch.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much.”
“I don't want to work on stuff I don't like.”
“Riley. How bad has it been?" "Just fabulous. The demonic kitten really made my night.”

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