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June 28, 2020

Name: Gore Vidal
Born: 10/03/1925
Died: 07/31/2012 (86 years old)
Occupation: Writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, actor

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/vɪˈdɑːl/; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, patrician manner, and polished style of writing.

Birth Name: Eugene Louis Vidal

Alias: Eugene Louis Vidal

Party: Democratic, People’s Party, (affiliated non–member)

Birth Place: West Point, New York, U.S.

Death Place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

Gore Vidal quotes :

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
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In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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