Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 7

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• It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Wisdom, Ignorance, Purity And Innocence

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.110, BookBaby

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• If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.

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  Integrity, Work, Sake

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Confused, Way, Wanted To Be Loved

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• Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Lying, Merit, Telling The Truth

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.55, BookBaby

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• In church, sacred music would make believers of us all — but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Religion, Balance, Church

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.92, BookBaby

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• Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

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  Business, Procrastination, Forever

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

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• Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Remember, Neurotic

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Psychology, Electrical, Units

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.

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  Money, Doe, Demand

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.95, BookBaby

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• No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Matter, Infatuation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

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• When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

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  Mother, Father, Mean

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

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• Neurotics are always looking for something new to overdo.

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  Something New, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Each Day, Television, Might

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• The neurotic's strongest fantasy is that he has no fantasies. The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so.

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  Real, Fantasy, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.57, BookBaby

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• No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

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  Business, Communication, Silence

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.12, BookBaby

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• We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.

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  Eye, Glimpse, Self Help

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.79, BookBaby

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• A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Next, Bores, Wells

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• We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.

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  Entrepreneur, Succeed, Terror

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• Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.

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  Sleep, News, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

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• My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.

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  Religious, Thinking, Giving

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.93, BookBaby

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• A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Pills, Medical, Hypochondriac

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.

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  Hate, Winning, Fine

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

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• Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Travel, Land, Flying

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Hypocrisy, Fake

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

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• I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Godly, Hiding

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.94, BookBaby

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