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Neurotics make poor patriots if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
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