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If you're standing in the manure pile, it's somebody's job to mention the stink.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Jobs
Manure
Stink
Pile
Mention
Standing
Somebody

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