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I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.

Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Clean
Succeed
Already
Away
Really
Like
Loathe
Laundry
Putting

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