# I'm three words into writing an Elvis Presley biography

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**Created:** [May 7, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-three-words-into-writing-an-elvis-presley-biography/964104 "2022-05-07T10:54:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-three-words-into-writing-an-elvis-presley-biography/964104/1 "2022-05-07T10:54:02Z")

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All I have is the title: “Tender, Lonesome, Cruel” based on three songs I associate with him.

What three adjectives can you come up with that would sum up a historical figure accurately and appropriately?

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-three-words-into-writing-an-elvis-presley-biography/964104/2 "2022-05-07T15:37:58Z")

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“eyes, 'tache, intense”

Feel free to have a guess

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-three-words-into-writing-an-elvis-presley-biography/964104/3 "2022-05-07T18:28:13Z")

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There is a book about Trump called “ **Too Much and Never Enough** ” and I think that phrase summarizes how he destroyed himself by the non-stop pursuit of pleasure and gain.

Not three words, but very accurate.

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-three-words-into-writing-an-elvis-presley-biography/964104/4 "2022-05-07T21:24:24Z")

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> **[Shintaro Ishihara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Ishihara)**
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> Shintaro Ishihara (石原 慎太郎, Ishihara Shintarō, 30 September 1932 – 1 February 2022) was a Japanese politician and writer who was Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Japan Restoration Party, he was one of the most prominent ultranationalists in modern Japanese politics. An ultranationalist, he was infamous for his misogynistic comments, racist remarks, xenophobic views and hatred of Chinese and Koreans...

Writer, politician, dickwad