At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
GORE VIDALAt any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Gossip is conversation about people.
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I can understand companionship.
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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 can’t name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I’m told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don’t print them in ‘The New York Times.’
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Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again.
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The unfed mind devours itself.
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Envy is the central fact of American life.
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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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What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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