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I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Ignore
Governments
Personally
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Revolts
Treats
Housework
Approach
Inclined
Government
Revolt
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Dissent

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