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The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Right
Pulling
People
Apart
Anxiety
Goes
Issues
Though
Past
Remember
Scarcely

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