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John... a second of your time. We started this firm with the same dream, did we not?
— Richard • Ally McBeal
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker asks John for a moment and reminds him of a shared dream when they started the firm. The closing question invites agreement about that common purpose. It can read as an appeal to their history, with the full reason for raising it left unstated.
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