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Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Learn
Deliver
Insult
Cost
Enjoy

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