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In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Sits
Confident
Judgment
Conversation
Everyone
World

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