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What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opini

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"What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions"

- Gore Vidal

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This quote is written / told by Gore Vidal somewhere between October 3, 1925 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 49 other quotes.

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