“I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who car…”

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I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.

— Leo Buscaglia

Author and professor

A Magazine of People and Possibilities interview (1998)

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Attributed to: Leo Buscaglia
Source: A Magazine of People and Possibilities interview (1998)
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