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“We can ask ourselves daily what we have done to make the world a better place, to make someone smile, to help someone to feel more secure, etc. It's the simple things which have the greatest effect. We must never underestimate the strength of a smile or act of kindness.

— Leo Buscaglia
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A Magazine of People and Possibilities interview (1998)
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