Gore Vidal Quotes

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012

Topics

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Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

Jessica Savitch

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I can't deprive myself of things because then I obsess about it and end up eating.

Jessica Simpson

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Blue Tongue Films is a very important part of my life.

Joel Edgerton

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I play with those two eras a lot. The '70s did actually take quite a lot inspiration from the '30s. I love the '70s, the bold color. There's something very sophisticated about it now, looking back.

Jenny Packham

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I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.'

Melissa McCarthy

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Be a doer, not a stewer.

Max Lucado

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I am concerned about the plight of the working poor... If doctors are not paid for seeing those patients, doctors will not go to rural Alabama because you can't expect a doctor to go to rural Alabama and lose money.

Robert J. Bentley

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A lot of cinematic influences on 'Descender' - Kubrick for sure. '2001: A Space Odyssey' is my favorite movie. It has been since I was 12. I just love that film.

Jeff Lemire

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Your number one job as a comedian is to be aware. You're supposed to understand the temperature in the room more than anyone on the planet - that's the whole craft of comedy.

Michael Che

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'Rent' was wonderful in that I was able to adapt something that was beloved to fans, something that was very iconic, but something I had nothing to do with the creation of, so I was very removed. 'Perks' is different because it was my book.

Stephen Chbosky

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There was a time when the United States government earned the trust of its people. There was a time when most people believed that the United States government was protecting them.

Rush Limbaugh

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You cannot cover a ruin with a page of 'Pravda.'

Joseph Brodsky

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