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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.
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Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.
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The older we become, the more certain our future.
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Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.
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Growth provides novel experiences for youth decay the same, alas, for age.
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People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
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Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.
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Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.
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Many count on their disadvantages to cover for them.
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Losing gracefully is commended but never chosen.
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