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Humans abhor a vacuum. The immediate filling of a vacuum is one of the basic functions of speech. Meaningless conversations are no less important in our lives than meaningful ones.

Lidiya Ginzburg

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Lidiya Ginzburg
Age: 88 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 18
Died: 1990
Died: July 17
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Lidiya Yakovlevna Ginzburg
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