"biography cannot be separated from autobiography: that is, the life written about is inextricably entangled with the life of the biographer."

-- Linda Simon

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“I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.”
“Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.”
“When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me.”
“I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter wonâ€™t let you go. Itâ€™s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If youâ€™re not, nothing else that you do matters.”
“It seems now clear that a belief in the functional importance of all enzymes found in bacteria is possible only to those richly endowed with Faith.”
“It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of home, of being, of identity. It is what I prefer to call instant global consciousness.”
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

Source : 'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139
“I also think that employees these days expect less of a separation of work and personal life. That doesn't mean that work tasks should encroach upon our personal time, but it does mean that employees today expect more from the companies for whom they work. Why shouldn't your workplace reflect your values? Why is "giving back" not a part of our jobs? The answer for us is to integrate philanthropy with work.”

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