I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
GORE VIDALTo preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities.
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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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Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
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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.
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I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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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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Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they’re both just aspirin.
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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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One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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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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A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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