I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
GORE VIDALThere 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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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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Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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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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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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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
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