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And I realized that, had Simon followed Lerner's advice and started writing musicals, we'd have had to get to the theater at 10:30 in the morning to read up on the textual footnotes.
And I realized that we'd have had to get to the theater at 10:30 in the morning to read up on the textual footnotes.