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Inspirational Quotes by Gore Vidal
- Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand that it is immodest and greedy to want more.
- The fool is often oblivious of his own gaucherie.
- Christianity is such a silly religion.
- Envy is the central fact of American life.
- When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?'
- I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens.
- I’m not a conspiracy theorist—I’m a conspiracy analyst,
- American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.
- Who gives a damn about being remembered? That's really for amateurs.
- The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge.
- A babble of words that no one understands now fills the airwaves, and language loses all meaning as we sink slowly, mindlessly, into herstory rather…
- COâ‚‚ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.
- The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.
- Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
- Apparently, 'conspiracy stuff' is now shorthand for unspeakable truth.
- The American vice is explanation.
- It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.
- It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume…
- If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.
- There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.
- Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the…
- There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
- Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art.
- As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.
- Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento