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Listen to what people say about themselves they will tell you everything you need to know.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Listen
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Disillusionment is not truth.
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I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.
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The only peace is being out of earshot.
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Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.
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Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.
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The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.
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Commerce is greedy. Ideology is blood-thirsty.
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Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.
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Dancers dance through their pain I shrink from mine.
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In youth, love and art. In age, investments and antiques.
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Boredom and fear keep us working and obeying the laws.
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Money is a better tonic than Geritol.
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Sign at the orgy: BODIES ONLY.
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God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.
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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
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