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The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
Author
Journalist
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Prosaist
Screenwriter
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
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