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Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Waco
Texas
Robert Lee Fulghum
Peace
Wish
Something
Make

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