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I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.

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Harold Pinter
Age: 78 †
Born: 1930
Born: October 10
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
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Film Director
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London
England
True
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Everything
Corrects
Space
Death

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