A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, .. . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

Salman Rushdie
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  2. ‎No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.

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