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There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.

Nancy Mitford

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Nancy Mitford
Age: 68 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 28
Died: 1973
Died: January 1
Biographer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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London
England
Nancy Freeman-Mitford
Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford
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