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No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive.

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
Opinionated
Neurotic
Finds
Difficult
Good
Indecisive

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