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If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.

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
Sake
Learn
Wells
Well
Work
Every
Integrity

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