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Albert Einstein

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

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Einstein is saying that the way we separate time into past, present, and future is not a true reflection of reality but something our minds insist on. In other words, time is more fluid and interconnected than the strict divisions we usually believe in.

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