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Gore Vidal Quotes

It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Work Generation Difficult Always He

People have this view, 'Oh, you're in movies, your life is so glamorous' but it can really suck.

Jennifer Coolidge

Life People View You Movies Your

Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

Michael Jai White

Character Style Myself Think Doing

If home is where the heart is, then Belize is my home.

Michael Ashcroft

Home Heart Where Then

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.

Michael C. Hall

I Am Breakfast Think Place Go Like

I was very fortunate in all of my career in television to have a lot of things that received a lot of awards recognition.

John Wells

Recognition Career Television Awards

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions.

Stephen Hawking

Think Important Living Admire Dead

I am so blessed that I have been able to live long enough to see a woman nominated for president.

Ron Dellums

Live Woman I Am Blessed Enough Long

I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to chew on, I say.

Ry Cooder

Day People Believe Interesting Say

I've lost jobs before; I've had contracts not renewed, and it didn't get me down. I didn't get upset; I just keep it moving. That has always been the case, and that will always be the case. You must look out for you.

Roland Martin

Me Moving You Look Down Lost

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

Mary Karr

Success Old Overnight Success Years

I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do.

Jasper Fforde

Write Without Just Books Should Any

In 'The Giver,' I play a character called Jonas who is a member of this community called Changeless. In this community, everyone is kept at bay emotionally and physically. They receive an injection every morning to control them from feeling things like love and pain and all natural emotions.

Brenton Thwaites

Love Morning Character Community