Mignon McLaughlin Quote Explained: Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

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Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke.

Writer

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You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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When hope is hungry, everything feeds it

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Hungry

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Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Age

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

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Change
Fear

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Don’t ask others to forgive in you a sin they’re dying to commit themselves.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Past

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We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

- Mignon McLaughlin

Writer

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke.

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

When hope is hungry, everything feeds it

Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

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

Don’t ask others to forgive in you a sin they’re dying to commit themselves.

The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.

We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

The impulse to worship is impossible to eradicate. Even the most prosaic have to worship something.

The more necessary it becomes to stop drinking, the more impossible it becomes to stop.

It’s impossible for anyone to meet the expectation of being the savior of the world.

There’s something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up.

It’s impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.

Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

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