It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
GORE VIDALThere is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
More Gore Vidal Quotes
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TV news is not very instructive.
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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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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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I am only at home in the present.
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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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You hear all this whining going on, ‘Where are our great writers?’ The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?
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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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