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I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Literature
Smoking
Littles
Explain
Little
Mouth
Men
Glad
Mouths
Dozens
Paper
Cigarette
Pieces
Mars
Fire
Dozen

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