At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
GORE VIDALUntil 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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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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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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What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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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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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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The United States is a madhouse.
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Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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