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Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.
Mignon McLaughlin
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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
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