Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
GORE VIDALEvery country should have at least one King Farouk.
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The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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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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I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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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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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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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
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Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Corporations must pay tax.
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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