Quote by Gore Vidal
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. – Gore Vidal

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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. – Gore Vidal

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Government
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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. – Gore Vidal

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Time
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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all. – Gore Vidal

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work
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And its sad because its like a surprise to people – almost an anomaly – when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. Thats the last thing people think about. – Vanessa Carlton

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sad

Love Is Louder is a movement that is hopefully going to bring some awareness and make some noise when it comes to teens who are feeling suicidal or even just sad, outcasts, and being bullied, and really feel like they have nowhere to turn to. – Brittany Snow

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sad

Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and its kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they dont necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video. – Jenna Dewan

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sad

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. Thats sad. – Shawn Johnson

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sad

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Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. – Robert Neelly Bellah, Habits of the Heart, 1985

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When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. Its limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design. – Larry Wall

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If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesnt run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. Were going to run on the presidents strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term. – Ed Gillespie

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Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska wont make it white. – Bing Crosby

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