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I think the relationship between memory and time is a very deep and tricky one, to tell you the truth. I don't consider memory another sense. I do consider memory that which allows us to think that time flows.

Brian Greene

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
Actor
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New York City
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Brian Randolph Greene
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