I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
GORE VIDALThe unfed mind devours itself.
More Gore Vidal Quotes
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
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I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you break the ice, you find cold water.
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I’m always an optimist!
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As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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