"Ik heb de fout gemaakt dat ik de waarheid naar mijn hand heb willen zetten en de wereld net iets mooier wilde maken dan hij is."
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I made the mistake that I wanted to manipulate the truth and make the world just a little more beautiful than it is. — Stapel's own statement in De Volkskrant on 31 October 2011.
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