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The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.

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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Curious
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Pessimistic
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Pessimism
Always
Compassionate

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