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That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!

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
Novelist
Prosaist
Screenwriter
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Literature
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Different
Unforgivable
Damned
Sin

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