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I was never either pro-culture or counter-culture. I was in a kind of middle state.
Don DeLillo
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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
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Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.
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Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20)
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