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We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

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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
Along
Self
Giving
Never
Shunned
Righteous

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