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Mason Cooley
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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.
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To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
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One's fetishes are fascinating, but not because of their beauty or significance. The same could be said for one's genitals, or one's children.
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Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
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Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
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Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.
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My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.
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Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.
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My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
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Now that I see you understand me so well, I will avoid you.
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I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
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Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go.
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Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.
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Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.
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Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.
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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
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The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
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Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
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