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If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Pleasures
Pity
Least
Pleasure
Self
Trying
Would
Life
Cleanse

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