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People must do what they must do. We all don't think alike or act alike and it's wrong to-to judge others by ourselves.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
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