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Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.

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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
Love
Twice
Naturally
Anyway
Cutting
Wants
Half
Going
Much
Neurotic

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