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Biography
A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book.
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Autobiography
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See also:
Autobiography
Memoir ...more
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"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."
This famous quotation, from science fiction grand master Robert A. Heinlein,...
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How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.
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― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
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In their hearts, they know that we are all created equal in the eyes of God and the universe. Whoever thinks otherwise will never be happy.
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― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
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