“We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose
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Works of American writer Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, noted for his cynical humor and his numerous accounts of society in decline, include the play The Best Man (1960) and the novel Myra Breckinridge (1968)
Whether it’s his sharp commentary on politics or his insightful reflections on the human condition, Vidal’s words remind us of the power of critical thinking and self-awareness
For my tax money, it is sufficient to overkill them once
Whether it’s his sharp commentary
Gore Vidal (1992)
“On the throne of the world, any delusion can become fact
As he put it himself: “I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag, complacently positive that there is no human problem that could not be
Documentaries In 2013 director Nicholas Wrathall released Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, which examined the famed writer's life and career, using
Vidal-Quadras headed the conservative People's Party in the Catalonia region in the 1990s, co-founded the far-right party Vox and was a vice-president of the
“Write something, even if it's just a suicide note
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Celebrate the enduring wisdom of Gore Vidal through his thought-provoking quotes
it is now necessary to reorganize society
But in particular”
Several years ago, Vidal left his papers and library to the University
There is nothing more to be done about it
Gore Vidal was famous Vidal formed an unusual bond with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
(?) “It was of course Jefferson’s gift at one time or another to put with eloquence the “right” answer to every moral question
Vidal, you recently wrote in The New York Review of Books, “When it comes to matters of prose and of fiction at Top 10 Gore Vidal Quotes at BrainyQuote
It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCarthy era
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Stuff, Conspiracy, Shorthand
It's odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, "I've been reading you all my life
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Gore Vidal (1978)
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