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.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

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.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

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...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

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...

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...

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

I don't trust him. We're friends.

I don't trust him. We're friends.

Everyone has that one friend that they ignore their calls, then act like they never...

Everyone has that one friend that they ignore their calls, then act like they never...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...