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My attitudes aren't directed toward characters at all. I don't feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don't love some characters, feel contempt for others. They have attitudes I don't.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
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