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Women are the right age for just a few years men, for most of their lives.

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
Women
Right
Years
Men
Age
Lives

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We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
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We choose those we like with those we love, we have no say in the matter.
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Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
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Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.
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I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.
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When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.
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Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
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Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.
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