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Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.


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Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.



We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.

We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.



In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.

In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.



Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.

Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.



My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.

My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.



You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.

You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.



To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.

To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.



We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories.

We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories.



If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.

If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.





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One can never have enough socks.

One can never have enough socks.



Solitude, a time for memories, a time to dream, a time for passions to simmer quietly in the dark recesses of the mind, eager to fly yet merely reflections in the minds eye...

Solitude, a time for memories, a time to dream, a time for passions to simmer quietly in the dark recesses of the mind, eager to fly yet merely reflections in the minds eye...



I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you any choice now. I can let it go

I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you any choice now. I can let it go



Look, the thing that's going to make Disneyland unique and different, ' he insisted, 'is the detail. If we loose the detail, we loose it all.

Look, the thing that's going to make Disneyland unique and different, ' he insisted, 'is the detail. If we loose the detail, we loose it all.



I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you'd make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars.

I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you'd make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars.



You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.

You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.



To have little is to possess.

To have little is to possess.



It's always a struggle growing up in Akron.

It's always a struggle growing up in Akron.



We are not evil, inadequate or incompetent when our relationships fail.

We are not evil, inadequate or incompetent when our relationships fail.



The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]

The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]




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