23 Autobiographies Quotes for You to Enjoy

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. John Ruskin

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I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a Repertory Company. My hero was Eva Le Gallienne, who was a great theater actress at the turn of the century who created her own company, and she wrote these hilarious autobiographies at the time. Annette Bening

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Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience. Brad Feld

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As a business consultant, I am a voracious reader of self-help books, case studies of thriving companies, and the biographies and autobiographies of the world's most successful people. I relentlessly implement the best ideas into my businesses. Clay Clark

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One of the autobiographies I really liked was Bob Dylan's. It was interesting because he didn't do it in a linear fashion. Daniel Bryan

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I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it. Eddie Trunk

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Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life. Eleanor Roosevelt

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I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me. Elizabeth Taylor

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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie. Gary Kemp

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I am opposed to autobiographies, mainly because most autobiographies lie. Kamal Haasan

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Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies. Matthew McGrory

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In the mid-nineties, I quit my job as a senior feature writer at 'The Mail' on Sunday in the U.K. and became a 'ghost writer,' collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers and sporting legends who needed help in penning their autobiographies. Michael Robotham

Growing up, I read all three of Frederick Douglass' autobiographies by the time I was 12. Michael Tubbs

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I always felt ,like, I'll leave autobiographies to the people who are kind of iconic. Michelle Visage

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I like to read everything, really, especially autobiographies. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I'm totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years. Richard Branson

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I think books, novels and autobiographies have a power to touch people far more personally than films do, so there's a bit more of a responsibility when you then dramatise it. Robert Sheehan

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I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself. Rollie Fingers

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I can't stand these autobiographies that start with, you know, 'I was born in Acton, and I went to such and such a school.' They just bore me. Viv Albertine

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I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies. Winona Ryder

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