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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for.
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Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
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Cure for an obsession: get another one.
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Even in the midst of love-making, writers are working on the description.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
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You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?
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Sensuality takes planning and work.
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A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
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The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.
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Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
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Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
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A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.
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The older we become, the more certain our future.
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If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
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Aimless drifting also fulfills an intention.
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Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.
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Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.
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Truth usually stammers at first.
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I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.
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