Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
GORE VIDALWashington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.
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TV news is not very instructive.
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Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.
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Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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I can understand companionship.
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Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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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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What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.
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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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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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