The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of ‘Tales from Livy’ that I’d found in my grandfather’s library.
GORE VIDALThe corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity – much less dissent.
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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Certainly ‘The Judgment of Paris’ was the novel in which I found my own voice.
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Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity – much less dissent.
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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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Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
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