The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
GORE VIDALThe more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Envy is the central fact of American life.
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One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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The media can’t get anything straight.
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Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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TV news is not very instructive.
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Gossip is conversation about people.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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The United States is a madhouse.
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Corporations must pay tax.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that Henry Morgan selected the Spanish Main for his peculiar – and not dissimilar – sphere of operations.
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