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You have eternity in which to explain and only one night to be a martyr in the amphitheater Get out, darling, and let me see the lions eat you.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
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Journalist
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Prosaist
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Lions
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Eternity
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Darling

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