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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (1925-2012), full name Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, born Eugene Louis Vidal, was a US writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. He was also involved in politics. He twice sought office—unsuccessfully—as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California).

Wisdom & Quotes

  • I am all for bringing back the birch but only between consenting adults.
- television interview with David Frost

Frantz Omar Fanon

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