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I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Always
Anyone
Life
Making
Living
Money
Reality
Thought
Test
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Worth

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