"There's no such thing as a war against terrorism. It's idiotic. These are slogans. These are lies. It's advertising, which is the only art form we ever invented and developed."

-- Gore Vidal

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Lying Quotes

“We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.”
“I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.”
“In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.”
“In the old-fashioned sitcoms, to be gay was, in itself, funny, and you laughed at the characters rather than with them.”
“picture, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.”
“Confidence in markets and in institutions, it's a lot like oxygen. When you have it, you don't even think about it. It's indispensable. You can go years without thinking about it. When it's gone for five minutes, it's the only thing to think about.”
“We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.”
“We need a legal code that develops like our skin during our growing years. Something both youthful and strong... So what we humans birth might surpass without oppressing us.”

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