"Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a……" — Robert Fulghum
"Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of my life. Sacred simplicity."
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148 Quotes by Robert Fulghum
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Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and…
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If dandelions were rare and fragile, people would knock themselves out to pay $14.95 a plant, raise them by hand…
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I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When…
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To look this way is to see. To see is to have vision. To have vision is to understand. To…
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I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of…
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Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.
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It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
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Public lives are lived out on the job and in the marketplace, where certain rules, conventions, laws, and social customs…
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I once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form…
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If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a…
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The point is that getting married for lust or money or social status or even love is usually trouble. The…
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