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Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.

Aaron Sorkin

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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Playwright
Scenographer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Producer
Writer
New York City
New York
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
Saturday
Mathematics
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Doe
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