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Backbone Quote by Gore Vidal

“I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune…” quote by Gore Vidal — Download Open image

“I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities.”

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