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Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity.
Michael Cunningham
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Michael Cunningham
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 6
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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Man, he said, I'm not afraid of graveyards. The dead are just, you know, people who wanted the same things you and I want. What do we want? I asked blurrily. Aw, man, you know, he said. We just want, well, the same things these people wanted. What was that? He shrugged. To live, I guess, he said.
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I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
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