Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...