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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

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
Kind
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Grief
Courage
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Matter
Cancer

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