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It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

~Antonia Fraser

Topics: Between Biographies Emergence Fully Gap Historical Long

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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

~Barbra Streisand

Topics: Biographies Correct Errors Interested Like Someday Those Truth Would Yes

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I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.

~Barry Mcgee

Topics: Activist Aids Art Art School Artist Autobiography Biographies Close David Frame Just Kids Knives Love New New York Read School Smith Time Time Frame York I Love

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I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.

~Ben Elliot

Topics: Also Big Big Fan Biographies Fan Graham Hardy Histories Mainly Read Swift Thomas

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My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.

~Bill Paxton

Topics: Always Because Biographies Father He Loud Me Mini Morbid Obituaries Out Read Were

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I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough.

~Blake Bailey

Topics: Above Biographies Books Choosing Literary Love Subject To Love Tough Write I Write

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With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject's fiction.

~Blake Bailey

Topics: Biographies Either Fiction Literary Next Other Subject You Your

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I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Always Am Anyone Anyone Else Biographies Else Fan Heard Huge Huge Fan Looking Never Story Want I Am

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If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary.

~Brian Azzarello

Topics: Any Autobiographies Biographies Fight General Know Like Military Most Necessary Never Read Sort Them Wanted War You

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I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.

~Bruno Tonioli

Topics: Biographies History Love Much Novels Range Reading Thrillers Very Wide Wide Range I Love

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