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epigraph

noun as in epitaph

noun as in legend

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It opens with this epigraph: “I have always been an observer of myself. For years, at the mercy of others. Not anymore.”

I use John Pesando’s remark as the epigraph, “Every whistleblower is an amateur playing against professionals.”

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Wilkerson’s husband, Brett, is mentioned only briefly in the book’s epigraph and acknowledgments, but he is central to the movie’s emotional arc.

An epigraph from “Leaves of Grass” sits comfortably alongside curse words in an ancient tongue.

He said that in the hours after Lear’s death, he was looking through his biography, “Even This I Get to Experience,” and was struck by the epigraph.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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