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Can't change Quote by Larry Wall

“You cant change the past. You cant even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a time, stubbornly, until the future unwinds itself into the stories of our lives.” quote by Larry Wall — Download Open image

“You cant change the past. You cant even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a time, stubbornly, until the future unwinds itself into the stories of our lives.”

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