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Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Lateness
Prisoner
Thus
Late
Freedom
Make
Always

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