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it is always difficult to impress the ignorant.

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
Impress
Ignorant
Ignorance
Difficult
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