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Quotes from The Second American Revolution — Gore Vidal

1925–2012 United States

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Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

In any case, write what you know will always be excellent advice to those who ought not to write at all.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later. Finally, it is not too farfetched to imagine a future in which novels are not read at all.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

The reason no one has yet been able to come up with a good word to describe the homosexualist (sometimes known as gay, fag, queer, etc.) is because he does not exist. The human race is divided into male and female. Many human beings enjoy sexual relations with their own sex, many don't; many respond to both. This plurality is the fact of our nature and not worth fretting about.

The Second American Revolution (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gore Vidal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.