In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
GORE VIDALLitigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
More Gore Vidal Quotes
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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I am only at home in the present.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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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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