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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
Gore Vidal
Stand
,
Watch
,
Hours
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
Gore Vidal
American
,
Until
,
Anyone
What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.
Gore Vidal
Book
,
Down
,
Question
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
Gore Vidal
Faith
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Business
,
Writing
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Nationality:
American
Type:
Novelist
Born:
October 3
, 1925
Died:
July 31
, 2012
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