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Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.
Katharine Whitehorn
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Katharine Whitehorn
Age: 92 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 17
Died: 2021
Died: January 8
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Middlesex
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn
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