Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin

Biography

Author Profession: Journalist

Nationality: American

Born: June 6, 1913

Died: December 20, 1983

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Hunter S. Thompson, Erma Bombeck, Ambrose Bierce, Ann Coulter, Dave Barry, Fran Lebowitz, Andy Rooney, William F. Buckley, Jr.

Topics

Dead, Honors, Living, Society, Troublemakers

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