People have become so rigid; their opinions seem to them like themselves. When that happens (and it has happened) people can’t change their minds. If you are identified by your opinions — if that is the very basis of yourself — how can you change your mind?
Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950) American journalist
Interview with Susannah McNeely, Ruminator (Aug/Sep 2005)
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