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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
Mignon McLaughlin
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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
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the United States of America
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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 soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.
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My thoughts, I guess, are bitter who but the bitter have thoughts?
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Don't look for God where He is needed most if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.
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There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.
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