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Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal
Age: 86 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 3
Died: 2012
Died: July 31
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Poor John Simon - what a nightmare, to wake up in the morning and realize that you are John Simon.
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