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Do we really believe there is such a thing as a definative biography? Maybe one can't be written except by the man himself.
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Autobiographies are not inherently more accurate than biographies.
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Humans are storytellers. All of us, whether telling the story of someone else or our own story, embellish, omit and obscure in favor of the dramatic. We can no more suppress such aspects of our nature than we can live without air. Last edited by tooblue; 12-12-2007 at 12:26 AM. |
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