320 Quotes About Autobiography
- Author Fran Drescher
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Know before whom thou stands. Understand your friends for who they are, not who you wish them to be. Accept them for their flaws as well as their attributes. Turn to them for their strengths, what good stuff they can bring to your life, and forget about the rest. To ask for more only sets you up for failure.
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- Author Mark Jackman
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Many great people had been considered to be boring, like Nigel Mansell, but anyone who had read the racing driver’s autobiography, "Clutch Down, Dick Out", would know that perception was way off the mark.
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- Author Frederick Weisel
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Every American autobiography, someone once said, is about one thing—escape. Look into the frightened heart of an American life, and you’ll find a compulsion to flee—a seed planted in the national character at the start by those ships sailing out of Europe and landing on our shores. — Teller: A Novel
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- Author Maria Nhambu
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In order to survive her tumultuous childhood, Mary created another Fat Mary, a companion and consoler, who took away her hurts, fears, and questions and kept them safe until Mary was older and mature enough to process the abuse and neglect she had endured.
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- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
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The stories of people who came before us seeking slabs of truth forges an integral part of our personal survival plan.
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- Author Rick Barnett
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Mistakes? That's why they put erasers on pencils.
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- Author Rick Barnett
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The features of character are carved out of adversity.
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- Author Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
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Have you ever really wanted to be able to do something, but you came across a roadblock of some kind?You have a difficult choice. I made that choice once and it changed my whole life, by giving me experiences I never would have had if I took the easy street and had not tried.
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- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
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Every person has a story; every person has a wound that he or she seeks to heal.
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