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Quote by Gore Vidal

“I'm in favor of sexual encounters.”

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American writer, playwright, screenwriter, and critic. Known for his sharp political satire and profound historical insight, Vidal's work spans a variety of genres including novels, plays, screenplays, and criticism. more

“When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch their minds, to think beyond set paradigms, I think of that work as love in action. While it may challenge, disturb and at times even frighten or enrage readers, love is always the place where I begin and end.”

Thinking Writing Mind May Ends Action Social Causes Challenges Love Is Reader Criticism Paradigm Provocative

Author:Bell Hooks

“A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about the nature of love. Perhaps the most common false assumption about love is that love means we will not be challenged or changed.”

Mean Love Is Common Childhood Changed Taught Assumption Theme Adulthood Misguided Love Means False Assumptions

Author:Bell Hooks

“People need to feed themselves, next they need to feed their own communities.”

People Needs Next Community

Author:Wendell Berry

“If you're a writer and you are at all inclined to speak as a Christian in some way, you realize very quickly that the conventional language is pretty much useless. It takes a long time to get past that, or it has taken me a long time. People in conventional Christianity have spoken lightly and sometimes frivolously of God for a long time. It's a word that needs to be used sparingly, in my opinion.”

People Ifs Way Needs Long Sometimes Christian Past Used Speak Language Realizing Christianity Opinion Taken Long Time Useless Conventional

Author:Wendell Berry

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