“Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Omega (2003), Chapter 41 (p. 404)

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