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The world happens as it happens, but we construct what we remember and what we forget. And people will eventually do that to us, too.
The world happens as it happens, but we construct what we remember and what we forget. And people will eventually do that to us, too.
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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- Chuck Klosterman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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