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Gore Vidal Quotations

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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
A good deed never goes unpunished.
It is not enough to succeed; others must fail.
I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand the love affair.
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Gore Vidal - The World Almanac and Book of Facts
US author & dramatist
1925 -
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery.
Whenever a friend succeeds a little something in me dies.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.
For certain people after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
I'm a born-again atheist.
For certain people after 50, litigation takes the place of sex.
Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.
Never have children, only grandchildren.

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