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One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.

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Merle Shain
Age: 53 †
Born: 1935
Born: January 1
Died: 1989
Died: January 1
Author
Journalist
City of Toronto
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