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If the current is right, one can drift to success.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Drift
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Comedy defends the commonplace tragedy explodes it.
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I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.
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A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.
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Vulgarity is innocent urbanity is not.
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Passion cooks. Reason cleans.
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Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.
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Everything changes as it is written down.
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My neglected duties crowd around me in my dreams, murmuring.
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