"Only mankind Can do the impossible: He can distinguish, He chooses and judges, He can give permanence To the moment."
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"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity."
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