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Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Opinion
Future
Process
Past
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