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Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.
E. L. Doctorow
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E. L. Doctorow
Age: 84 †
Born: 1931
Born: January 6
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Edgar Laurence Doctorow
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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