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Sometimes the given seems like something taken away.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Given
Away
Seems
Sometimes
Something
Like
Loss
Taken

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