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It isn't easy to be the person who sometimes has to try to preserve your happiness at the expense of your fun.

Margaret Culkin Banning

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Margaret Culkin Banning
Age: 90 †
Born: 1891
Born: March 18
Died: 1982
Died: January 4
Author
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Buffalo
Minnesota
Margaret Banning
Margaret Frances Culkin Banning
Happiness
Easy
Persons
Person
Expense
Sometimes
Expenses
Trying
Preserve
Preserves
Fun

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