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And what's the point of waking up in the morning if you don't try to match the enormousness of the known forces in the world with something powerful in your own life?
Don DeLillo
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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
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Donald Richard DeLillo
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Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.
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Hardship makes the world obscure.
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