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The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.
The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.
Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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- Robert Fulghum
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- Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Robert Fulghum: documented birth year 1937; activity date not established. Wikidata Q3491146, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3491146 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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