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I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Always
Life
Distinction
Clear
Making
Living
Made

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