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...Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
Something
Dishes
Necessity
Driven
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