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As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Soon
Hear
Rights
Right

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The only peace is being out of earshot.
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Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.
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Profusion gives pleasure up to a point then we become squeamish.
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Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.
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Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.
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Commerce is greedy. Ideology is blood-thirsty.
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Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.
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Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.
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I know God exits, but I don't know where.
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Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
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Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.
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Sign at the orgy: BODIES ONLY.
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Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.
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Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny.
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Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
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Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.
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A: Everything changes. B: But not enough.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
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Beauty compels us reason merely cajoles.
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