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If I ever teach writing again, I’d say the first lesson is to listen.

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Horton Foote
Age: 92 †
Born: 1916
Born: March 14
Died: 2009
Died: March 4
Actor
Film Producer
Playwright
Screenwriter
Wharton County
Texas
Albert Horton Foote
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