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"But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns."
"There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds."
"I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them."
"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."
"Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer."
Explore more quotes by Gore Vidal
"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made."
"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."
"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."
"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."
"Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent."
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