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Quote by Don Delillo
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own mass

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies. – Don DeLillo

Other quotes by Don Delillo

The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now. – Don Delillo

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Assassination
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Don Delillo
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I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it. – Don DeLillo

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wedding
Author
Don Delillo
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Theres a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it. – Don DeLillo

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Fear
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Don Delillo
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I dont have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes theres a power greater than myself. And I always believe, dont inflict harm where its not necessary. – Michael J. Fox

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley

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