Biographer Joseph McBride argues that Capra's disillusionment was more related to the negative effect that the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC ) had on the film industry in general.

Biographer Lawrence Sutin quotes private diaries that fit this story, and writes that " if ever Crowley uttered the truth of his relation to the Book ," his public account accurately describes what he remembered on this point.

Biographer Marc Eliot called Eastwood's role " an amalgam of the Man with No Name, Dirty Harry, and William Munny, here aged and cynical but willing and able to fight on whenever the need arose ".

Biographer James Curtis writes: " Tracy was scarcely a blip on the box office barometer in 1935, a critics ' darling and little more ".

Biographer and historian Jeffry D. Wert wrote that " Longstreet ... was the finest corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia ; in fact, he was arguably the best corps commander in the conflict on either side.

Biographer Jeffry D. Wert wrote, " Longstreet deserves censure for his performance on the morning of July 2.

Biographer S. R. Shutt speculates that it was either inspired by Elliott Avenue, a street that Smith had lived on in Portland, or that it was suggested by his then-girlfriend.

" Biographer Anne de Courcy confirms: " The Nuremberg rally had a profound effect on both Diana and Unity ...

Biographer Tim Mitchell claims Cale's early dependence on medicine was a " formative experience.

Biographer Jeremy Byman observes that Grove " was the one person at Intel who refused to let the company rest on its laurels.

* Biographer John A. Farrell's remarks on Tip O ' Neill at congressional forum on the Speaker

Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, in his book Madonna: An Intimate Biography called the song " quintessential Madonna music " and went on to describe it as " funky, sassy and melodic, with a Latin accent.

Biographer and Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, in his book " Purana Purusha " depicts that Lahiri initiated Sai Baba of Shirdi into Kriya Yoga, based on a passage in Lahiri's 26 secret diary.

Biographer Robert Gittings suggests " Ode on Indolence " was written on 4 May 1819, based upon Keats's report about the weather during the ode's creation ; Douglas Bush insists it was written after " Nightingale ", " Grecian Urn ", and " Melancholy ".

" Biographer Tom Roberts also believes Raymond's work on Rip Kirby " inspired all the soap opera style strips of the fifties and sixties ".

Biographer Tad Mosel states, " To show her affection for her hometown, she always walked slowly when she left her hotel, turning her head to smile on everyone on the street, missing no one, so they could feel close to her and be able to say when they got home that night, ' Katharine Cornell smiled directly at me.

Biographer Brian Hinton has said that when he agreed to write Celtic Crossroads, it was with the hope that he might " turn a few people on to this album, above all others in Morrison's rich oeuvre.

Biographer John Collis calls this album, " one of the most impressive of all attempts to squeeze the stage excitement of a rock performer on to vinyl.

Biographer Stephen Ambrose opined that this was the best speech of Eisenhower's presidency.

" The bar was our altar " Biographer Andrew Lycett ascribed the demise of Thomas ' health to an alcoholic co-dependent relationship with his wife, who deeply resented his affairs.

Biographer Stuart Schram would later comment that during the period between 1925 and 1927, Mao was closer to the Kuomintang than he was to the Communist Party, something he attributed to Mao's belief that the good of China was more important than the cause of socialism.

Biographer Smith, however, maintains that evidence against Babcock was circumstantial.

Biographer Andrew Sinclair asserts that, like many contemporaries during the days of Ohio Republican Party boss Mark Hanna, Harding was involved with graft and excessive patronage.

Biographer Tim Pat Coogan sees his time in power as being characterised by economic and cultural stagnation, while Diarmaid Ferriter argues that the stereotype of De Valera as an austere, cold and even backward figure was largely manufactured in the 1960s and is misguided.

Biographer Suzanne Finstad notes that a " turning point " in her life as an actress was upon seeing the film A Streetcar Named Desire: " She was transformed, in awe of Kazan and of Vivien Leigh's performance ... became a role model for Natalie.

Biographer Clarice Stasz and others believe that London's father was astrologer William Chaney.

Biographer Evelyn Wells, however, accepts Hatshepsut's claim that she was her father's intended successor.

Biographer Carolly Erickson wrote, “ In choosing her lovers Rose followed her head first, then her heart ”, meaning that she was adept in terms of identifying the men who were most capable of fulfilling her financial and social needs.

Biographer Leon Edel was the first to call attention to the importance of the " theatrical years " 1890 – 1895 for James's later work.

Biographer T. Harry Williams described the extravagant praise from throughout the Confederacy that " The Hero of Fort Sumter " received for his victory: " He was the South's first paladin.

Biographer Gerald Astor stated that " Joe Louis ' early boxing career was stalked by the spectre of Jack Johnson.

Biographer Joanna Woods has said that this work signalled a turning point for Mansfield, when she was able to display a " new objectivity that gives the story a universal dimension ".

Biographer Ezra Squier Tipple wrote: " If to speak with authority as the accredited messenger of God ; to have credentials which bear the seal of heaven ... if when he lifted the trumpet to his lips the Almighty blew the blast ; if to be conscious of an ever-present sense of God, God the Summoner, God the Anointing One, God the Judge, and to project it into speech which would make his hearers tremble, melt them with terror, and cause them to fall as dead men ; if to be and do all this would entitle a man to be called a great preacher, then Asbury was a great preacher.

Biographer James Miller would later note that while the book exhibited " erudition and evident intelligence ", it lacked the " kind of fire and flair " which Foucault exhibited in his subsequent works.

Biographer Phil Baker believed that Spare derived the word from the Ancient Greek words zoe, meaning life, and zoion, meaning animal or beast, with Spare also being attracted to the exotic nature of the letter " z ", which rarely appears in the English language.

Biographer Donald Worster says, " Saving the American soul from a total surrender to materialism was the cause for which he fought.

Biographer Clark Hunter adds: " This is substantially enlarged from that which Ord wrote for vol.

" Biographer Everett Kimball wrote of Dudley, "... in spite of his failings of temper he possessed a good deal of tact and personal charm, by which, when everything else failed, he could sometimes transform an enemy into a friend.

Biographer Bill Cooke, however, disputes the allegation, citing McCabe's opinion that " Catholics are no worse, and no better, than others ", and " I have not the least prejudice against the Catholic laity, which would be stupid.

Biographer Kenneth Silverman believes Poe began writing " The Light-House " between May and August 1849.

Biographer Karen Holliday Tanner found that Holliday had been arrested 17 times before his 1881 shootout in Tombstone.