[T]here is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses i… - Gore Vidal

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[T]here is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices, and what anyone does with a willing partner is of no social or cosmic significance.

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About Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; (3 October 1925 – 31 July 2012), was an American writer of novels, essays, screenplays, and stage plays.

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Pen Names: Edgar Box
Alternative Names: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Gor Vidal Cameron Kay Eugene Luther Vidal Katherine Everard Eugene Vidal

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