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«Rome... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.»
Author: Gore Vidal
| Keywords:
actor, decadent, emperor, Emperor of Rome, go through, guard, hiring, motions, praetorian, Praetorian Guard, Rome, ruled
«Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one's own cherished beliefs.»
«The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent.»
Author: Gore Vidal
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
corporate, dissent, dissenting opinion, eliminate, First world, grip, in the United States, managed, media, objectivity, The Western, Western, wonders
«All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.»
«The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death»
Author: Gore Vidal
| About:
Death and dying,
Religion,
Society
| Keywords:
buttress, buttresses, buttressing, punishment, terrified
«That is New York. I pointed to the waterfront just ahead as if the city were mine.»
«Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.»
«A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.»
«Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.»
«Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.»
Author: Gore Vidal
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
American, American President, American Presidents, automatically, definition, disqualified, prepared, President, run for, The American President
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