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Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb, The dogs bark but the caravan passes on? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your caravan.

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
Screenwriter
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Dogs
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Caravans
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Nothing
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