Where these words come from
- 45% sureLots of sources credit Fred Rogers with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Closing line of a longer, widely-quoted passage on play; not located in Wikiquote's Sourced section in this pass -- aggregator discovery, held at likely.
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Fred RogersYou are an important person just the way you are.Fred RogersLove is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love, or the lack of it.Fred RogersAlways look for the helpers. There's always someone who is trying to help.Fred RogersOur world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space.Fred RogersIt's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others.Fred RogersMore on play
Slow and steady wins the race.
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Rabindranath TagoreIt's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Walt DisneyWe are on the field doing what we love to do.
Roberto ClementeI decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly.
Jesse OwensYou can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Luz Long.Jesse Owens
AesopThe hills are like shouts of children who raise their arms, trying to catch stars.Rabindranath TagoreIt's kind of fun to do the impossible.Walt DisneyWe are on the field doing what we love to do.Roberto ClementeI decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly.Jesse OwensYou can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Luz Long.Jesse Owens