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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Gore Vidal
Born: October 3, 1925
Died: July 31, 2012 (aged 86)
Bio: Gore Vidal was an American writer and a public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing.
Known for:
- Myra Breckinridge (1968)
- The City and the Pillar (1948)
- Lincoln (1984)
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