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Why read biographies when there's autobiographies wtf?? It's like, you're a cuck for secondary sources instead of going to THE source.

>> No.20692153

Because the nigga didn't write one

>> No.20692166

>>20692153
OP BTFO

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>>20692153
>>20692166
If an autobio of that person exists why would you read a bio?

>> No.20692201

>>20692177
Because sometimes real eyes don't realize real lies(the nigga lies)

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>>20692201

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>>20692207
Look up all the shit L Ron Hubbard wrote about his own life and then come back to me

>> No.20692238

>>20692143
>why read the book when you can read a summary and save you all the time?
makes you think

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>>20692238
Why read when you can BE the book?

>> No.20692254

>>20692143
Boring thread

>> No.20692261

>>20692254
Sorry..

>> No.20692336

>>20692143
people lie

>> No.20692360

Both have their uses. A decent bio will give a wider picture of the person by delving into their writings, their letters, their journals, plus the writings of others in which they're mentioned.