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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.
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I obey my own commands about as often as others do.
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Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
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Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.
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You know you're in love when you stop comparing.
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The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.
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We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
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A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.
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Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.
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Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
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If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.
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A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
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Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.
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Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.
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Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.
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Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
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Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.
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Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
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Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man never trust the promises of a lazy one.
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Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
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