“I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes—and six months later you have to start all over again.”

—  Joan Rivers

As quoted in Women Talk, edited by Michèle Brown & Ann OʼConnor (1984)

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American comedian, actress, and television host 1933–2014

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