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I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Else
Nothing
Really
Life
Like
Quite

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An insult angers me. Being ignored crushes me.
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Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
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