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We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

Mignon McLaughlin

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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
Inspirational
Running
Stills
Still
Time
Philosophical
People
Caught
Waste
Standing

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