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The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Critics
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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
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Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
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Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
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Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.
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Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets.
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Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
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