• 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
  American historian and biographer
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. autobiography
2. accordance
3. interests
4. faithful
5. likely
6. mirror

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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. by : Fawn M. Brodie

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