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Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.
Sol Stein
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Sol Stein
Age: 92 †
Born: 1926
Born: October 13
Died: 2019
Died: September 19
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