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Life is what it makes you.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health.
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In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
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Boredom turns to panic if my beloved leaves before the usual time.
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Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.
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Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
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Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.
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Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.
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The pleasantest part of work is having done it.
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I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.
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An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.
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I win on my merits my opponents win by cheating.
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In the great cities, winter glitters with art and feasting. But poetry, the country cousin, sees only the dearth of the fields.
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I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
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With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.
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Shaw writes as if it were always midday.
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Faith of the bore: everything is worth saying.
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Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
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