[Ads-l] Vox Article: Why Marianne Williamson=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=most famous passage keeps getting cited as a Nelson Mandela quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

I notice that Vox describes Williamson's accent as "Katherine
Hepburn-esque."

Surely not. They must mean her cheekbones.

JL

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:05 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A Vox journalist contacted me to discuss a QI article I wrote about a
> quotation from presidential candidate Marianne Williamson that is
> often misattributed to Nelson Mandela. (Other researchers have
> explored this misquotation.)
>
> Here is a link to the QI article:
>
> Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate. Our Deepest Fear Is
> That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure
> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/06/30/deepest/
>
> Here is a link to the intriguing Vox article which includes some
> comments from Garson O'Toole. Congratulations to the journalist
> Constance Grady.
>
> Why Marianne Williamson’s most famous passage keeps getting cited as a
> Nelson Mandela quote
>
> https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/30/20699833/marianne-williamson-our-deepest-fear-nelson-mandela-return-to-love
>
> Garson
>
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