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The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Much
Things
Hysterical
Depressed
Significance
Suffering
Littles
Find
Little

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