When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
GORE VIDALThe unfed mind devours itself.
More Gore Vidal Quotes
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He who is last had best laugh.
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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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Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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TV news is not very instructive.
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I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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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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Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
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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 never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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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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I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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