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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Thought
Thinking
Maps
Colors
Thoughtful
Fantasy
Color
Existence

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Small successes are still successes great failures are still failures.
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I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.
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Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.
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Beggars market their incapacity.
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The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.
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If I want my time wasted, I'll waste it myself.
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Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.
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Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
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To Jane Austen, every fool is a treasure trove.
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Self-analysis always cheats.
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The real reality is always just around the corner.
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Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
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