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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
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the United States of America
Mankind
Heart
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Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.
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The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.
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Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.
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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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Even cowards can endure hardship only the brave can endure suspense.
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Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.
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No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
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A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.
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Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.
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The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.
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Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.
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Forget about calories - everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.
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The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol.
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Men really prefer reasonably attractive women they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.
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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
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A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.
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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
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We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.
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Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health nothing is worse for your health than boredom.
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There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
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