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Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

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
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Two
Problem
Every
Handles
Grab
Handle
Hope
Fear

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