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Mignon McLaughlin Quotes: We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
         

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.


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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.



It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.



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



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

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



The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.



We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.



In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.



We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.



They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.



Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.





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Dead is the cradle of everything.



As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.



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As the tree is bent, so it will grow.



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I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.



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No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.



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This page presents the quote "We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.". Author of this quote is Mignon McLaughlin. This quote is about effort, work, praise,.