Nothing human is finally calculable; even to ourselves we are strange.
~Gore Vidal
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There is no such thing as a true account of anything. Each sees the world from his own vantage point. Needless to say, a throne is not the best place from which to view anything except the backs of prostrate men.
Gore Vidal, Creation
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Going straight for the jugular.
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Gore Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012.
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“At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.”
– Gore Vidal, #botd in 1925
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Bob Dylan credits Jack Kerouac and Gore Vidal with “setting the scene” by having gay sex in the Chelsea Hotel in 1953
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I watched James Somerton's video when his channel was just starting, where he copied my favorite documentary (The Celluloid Closet) word for word- including saying Gore Vidal's words with Gore Vidal's affect. I have most of that documentary memorized because it was my sleep crutch for years. So, I knew he was a plaigiarist, but I didn't say anything, because I was afraid what happened to that woman who did challenge him would happen to me. The one who didn't want anything about her identity associated with the hhbomberguy video essay because of the trauma. I don't have that kind of energy or courage anymore, to get involved in disputes that don't directly affect me. So I now live in a world where I'm the type of person who doesn't alert or warn others thanks to James Somerton. Caveat Emptor everybody.
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Albert Goldman on Homosexuality in 1967
Found in The Gay Metropolis by Charles Kaiser:
You can watch the full discussion here.
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