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When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Disappear
Absence
Soon
Understand
Money
Power
Disappears

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