Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film.

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    “ I don’t read biographies for moral instruction, or for a history lesson. I want to know what people are saying about me. ”
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    “ I looked around at the rooms that I did not see as rooms but more as a landscape for my emotions, a biography of memory. ”
    ― Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water

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