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7 quotes by Fred Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences. Initially educated to be a minister, Rogers was displeased with the way television addressed children and made an effort to...
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Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of... →

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I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

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I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the... →

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Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.

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You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

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How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

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