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People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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People
Confers
Superiority
Please
Imagine
Often
Certain
Hard

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