Gore Vidal Quotes

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

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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I think that, unfortunately, people who are maybe threatened by feminism think that it's about setting your bra on fire and being aggressive, and I think that's really wrong and really dangerous.

Jenny Slate

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People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them.

Sinead O'Connor

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If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

Ruth J. Simmons

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I was 11 when I started Latin - not like boys, who start early at prep school. At 14, you had to choose whether to start Greek and drop German, but my mum made a fuss, and I took Latin, Greek, French, and German at O-level, which meant I didn't do much science.

Mary Beard

ScienceSchoolStartYouChoose

There has always been this narrator in me - I loved ideas, and part of the great love affair I would have with ideas consisted of talking about them.

Jason Silva

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It has long been a childhood dream of mine to have a farm.

Jasmine Guinness

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I get things in my head every once in a while and decide I must experience them, no matter how ridiculous.

Jonny Lee Miller

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Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on.

Jorja Smith

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I love shopping for shoes. I'm a big shoe-lover. Shopping is definitely something that I do on a regular basis.

Diana DeGarmo

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The 'Tarahumara' use their legs 'as designed.' By running at a young age with minimal footwear, they naturally develop the best biomechanical use of their legs. Cushioned shoes restrict foot movements and allow for over-striding. Short strides are natural.

Christopher McDougall

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No politician would ever comment on a cartoon unless it was to show what a great sense of humour they have, that they can laugh at themselves.

Chris Riddell

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I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point.

Chris Stapleton

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