Quote by Norman Mailer
The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to lo

The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon. There was a jeweled city on the horizon, spires rising in the night, but the jewels were diadems of electric and the spires were the neon of signs ten stories high. – Norman Mailer

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body – it just wears it out. – Norman Mailer

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With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. – Norman Mailer

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The difference between Las Vegas and Atlantic City is the difference between getting conned by a beautiful call girl and getting mugged by a crack head. – Drew Carey

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Las Vegas is the only town in the world whose skyline is made up neither of buildings, like New York, nor of trees, like Wilbraham, Massachusetts, but signs. – Tom Wolfe

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In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. – Steven Wright

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Las Vegas is sort of like how God would do it if he had money. – Steve Wynn

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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them. – Dr. Allan Fromme

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