Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
GORE VIDALAs for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I’ve always been very pro-African-American – or whatever phrase we now use.
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There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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