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Money: in its absence, we are coarse in its presence, we are vulgar.

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
Money
Coarse
Vulgar
Absence
Presence

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