I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or d — Leon Festinger
I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or d — Leon Festinger
I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or d — Leon Festinger
I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or d — Leon Festinger
I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or d — Leon Festinger
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I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or distorted anything, surely that was done for my own benefit.

— Leon Festinger
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