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In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death
Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal
Age: 86 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 3
Died: 2012
Died: July 31
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One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.
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We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.
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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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Although the notion of one god may give comfort to those in need of a daddy, it reminds the rest of us that the totalitarian society is grounded upon the concept of God the father. One paternal god, one paternal leader. Authority is absolute.
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The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.
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It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.
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It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.
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The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological, if understandable. At one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a buck, giving a part of that buck to any government is an act against nature.
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The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true.
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Having no talent is no longer enough.
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What is a political party but a conspiracy?
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Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.
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The unfed mind devours itself.
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