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It isn't a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
Forget
Free
Learn
Past
Remember
Matter
Forgetting

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