A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful a — Fawn M. Brodie
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful a — Fawn M. Brodie
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful a — Fawn M. Brodie
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful a — Fawn M. Brodie
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful a — Fawn M. Brodie
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A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become.

— Fawn M. Brodie
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