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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Talk
Shows
Proof
Conversation
Dead

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I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.
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Frivolous sorrow is folly. Frivolous enjoyment is not.
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A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
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We do justice coldly, injustice hotly.
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Birth dates and bathroom scales tell more truth than I want to know.
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My self-absorption warms me yours boils me.
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Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.
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Disillusionment is not truth.
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Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.
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Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts in company, I am sober again.
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The suburbs: signs of life, but no proofs.
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Necessity makes heroes of us all.
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With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.
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Pain pays no attention to moans or excuses.
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Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry!
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The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
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Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
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I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.
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I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
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The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.
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