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When ghosts begin resolving realistic plays, you can be sure the playwright has failed to master his material, ... The Piano Lesson.


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ROBERT FULGHUM And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold h...
ROBERT FULGHUM The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
ROBERT FULGHUM 'Maybe.' There's our word. The wisest answer to ultimate questions.
ROBERT FULGHUM If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem...
ROBERT FULGHUM Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more w...
ROBERT FULGHUM My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the la...
ROBERT FULGHUM I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and t...
ROBERT FULGHUM Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
ROBERT FULGHUM All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.
ROBERT FULGHUM The examined life is no picnic.
ROBERT FULGHUM Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
ROBERT FULGHUM Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible co...
ROBERT FULGHUM If you want to know why the towers of American capitalism are crumbling, I recommend reading 'Th...
ROBERT KIYOSAKI The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new ...
ROBERT CASEY