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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 90 †
Born: 1867
Born: February 7
Died: 1957
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Reporter
Teacher
Writer
Wisconsin
United States
Laura Ingalls
Lansford Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
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