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Alfred Hitchcock

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock is pointing out that people today feel a strong urge to preserve objects or messages for future generations to understand our current lives. This act reflects a desire to communicate across time and leave a tangible record of our existence for those who come long after us.

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