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One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

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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Everybody
Apprentice

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