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I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.

Robert Caro

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Ich wollte nie eine Biografie machen, nur um das Leben eines berühmten Mannes zu erzählen. Ich wollte immer das Leben eines Mannes nutzen, um die politische Macht zu untersuchen, weil die Demokratie unser Leben prägt.

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