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It is hard to speak of sex without being clinical, brutal, or romantic.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Clinical
Brutal
Romantic
Sex
Speak
Without
Hard

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