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If your nose is up in the air, you cannot see where you are going.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Nose
Noses
Air
Gone
Cannot
Going

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