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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
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Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
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Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life.
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Home again, I can groan, scratch, and talk to myself.
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My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.
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The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so then your wish will be granted.
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Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.
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Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.
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The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.
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The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.
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Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.
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Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.
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Frivolous sorrow is folly. Frivolous enjoyment is not.
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When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.
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Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.
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For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
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Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
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Every seeming equality conceals a hierarchy.
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