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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
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Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.
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We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.
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Money: in its absence, we are coarse in its presence, we are vulgar.
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The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.
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The trouble with women is men the trouble with men, men.
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I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose I hate a draw and can't stop competing otherwise I'm fine.
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Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.
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Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.
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Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.
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Women are the right age for just a few years men, for most of their lives.
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Women are good listeners, but it's a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there's something specific you want him to do.
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There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.
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We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.
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Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
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We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.
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Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.
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It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?
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Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.
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When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
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In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else but our defeats are uniquely our own.
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