A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
GORE VIDALThe media can’t get anything straight.
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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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Love is not my bag.
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I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They’re interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
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It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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I’m always an optimist!
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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