We are always acting on what has just finished happening.

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We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past. - Tom Wolfe

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American writer, 1931-

Born:2nd March, 1931
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Starsign: Pisces

Author Keywords: Writer, American

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William Norman Ewer, Harold MacGrath, Sir Osbert Sitwell, Walter Landor, Peter Quennell

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