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Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Lying
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Popular culture is seductive high culture is imperious.
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Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
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I seldom remember my father, but I sneeze and rub my nose the way he did. I also love my son with grief and anger, as he did.
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Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.
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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
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Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.
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Without a little negligence, life would be intolerable.
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If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.
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Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
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Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.
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The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit.
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When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.
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