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Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.

Margaret Mitchell

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