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The life of sensation is the life of greed it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
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Novelist
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University Teacher
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Greed
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