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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers QUOTES

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers QUOTES

1 " Things Are Different:
You never know the story
By the cover of the book.
You can’t tell what a dinner’s like
By simply looking at the cook.
It’s something everybody needs to know
Way down deep inside
That things are often different
Than the way they look.
When I put on a costume
To play a fancy part
That costume changes just my looks.
It doesn’t change my heart.
You cannot know what someone’s thinking
By the picture you just took
‘Cause things are often different
From the way they look. "

― Fred Rogers , A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers

2 " Play is really the work of childhood. One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. "

― Fred Rogers , A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers