By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
GORE VIDALI am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that Henry Morgan selected the Spanish Main for his peculiar – and not dissimilar – sphere of operations.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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We’re not a democracy.
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America’s hegemony lasted exactly five years.
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Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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