Who is Robert Fulghum

Robert Lee Fulghum ( (listen); born June 4, 1937) is an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister.

Early career

He grew up in Waco, Texas and received his Bachelor of Arts at Baylor University in 1958. He received his Bachelor of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry in 1961 and was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister. Fulghum served the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960–1964, and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington where he is Minister Emeritus.

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Fulghum came to prominence in the United States when his first collection of writings, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988), stayed on The New York Times bestseller lists for ...
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Davidva31696810: "the grass is not in fact always greener on the other side of the fence. fences have nothing to do with it. the grass is greenest where it is watered. when crossing over fence, carry water with you and tend the grass whenever you may be." - robert fulghum
The_stars_100: "peace is not something you wish for. it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away." robert fulghum
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Lealvsss: “we’re all a little weird. and life is a little weird. and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness-and call it love -true love.” – robert fulghum
Doctor_156: “we are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” robert fulghum - true love.
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And our cheeks pale and drawn every minute we dash,
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