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Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

Aaron Sorkin

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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Playwright
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Screenwriter
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Television Producer
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New York City
New York
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
Internet
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