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“Leave the dishes unwashed and the demands on your time unanswered. Be ruthless and refuse to do what people ask of you.” quote by Lynne Sharon Schwartz — Download Open image

“Leave the dishes unwashed and the demands on your time unanswered. Be ruthless and refuse to do what people ask of you.”

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

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