Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
GORE VIDALI was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
More Gore Vidal Quotes
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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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’m always an optimist!
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I’ve always been very pro-African-American – or whatever phrase we now use.
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To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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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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The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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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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To 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 not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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