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Gore Vidal Quotes

What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I'm a realist.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I Am World Journalism Realist Am

Most people thought Gomer was stupid, dumb, a real klutz. But you study him, he really wasn't any of those things. Gomer just didn't want to see bad in anybody; you could never get him mad.

People Stupid Thought You Bad Dumb

My friends and family are not really fixated on the specifics of 'Star Wars.' My parents don't know anything about 'Star Wars.' They've never watched a 'Star Wars' film.

Family Friends And Family Parents

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

John F. Kennedy

Children Care Minds Plumbing See

We are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is real.

Reality Matter Real Assuming Exist

I once ran away from home because I was upset with my parents! I didn't get farther than a few feet into the woods, where I hid behind a tree. Sometimes you feel like you should just go out and rebel, and then you realize it's not the right thing to do. You've got to stay true to your family.

Family Home Tree Parents Woods Feet

There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.

Movies Others More Hong Kong Kinds

Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now buys private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - to do the country's fighting.

Michael Ignatieff

Service Ethics Fighting America Now

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

People Game Doing Career Point Up

If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.

Fight Name You Got Like Supposed

There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life.

Life Art Entertainment Difference

The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Great Empathy Challenges Everyday

My mom was essentially a single mother raising three boys. If anyone could have had any reason to give up, it was her. But she didn't, and neither did we.

Mother Mom Three She Reason Single

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