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Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

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
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Neurotic
Feels
Humiliation
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Vast
Thinking
Boundaries
Ahead
Rule
Doubt
Imprecise
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Humiliated

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