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When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Complains
Ignores
Bores
Complaining
Literature
Woman
Men

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