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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.
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Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
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Do as you like--if you know what it is.
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Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.
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In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
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If there is no harm in asking, why guilt and fear when we do so?
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Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.
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If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
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To Jane Austen, every fool is a treasure trove.
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Disillusionment is not truth.
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In middle age, going naked contributes little to public enjoyment.
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Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.
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Thought enables us to see Fate coming.
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Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.
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My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
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Everyone makes sexy sounds relatively few, sexy sights.
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I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.
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Whether I give to a beggar or not, his existence puts me in the wrong.
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Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.
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Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
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