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Like all writers (it's almost safe to say) he was a big drinker. (See Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Cheever, Mailer, et al.) I once startled Gore by saying I'd just read that each drink kills more than 10, 000 brain cells.
CNN: Cavett: Gore Vidal hates being dead
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Eight published books later, I am startled that an institution like Forbes would allow me to write for them.
FORBES: I seek small stories with big implications.
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Back in our hotel at 11:30 when the show went on the air, I was startled that Carson's reference to Sarnoff was bleeped out.
WSJ: Remembering a time before 'Tonight' left New York
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Then, after a day of hard rest, I turn in early, my belly mimicking the swells, until I am startled awake by the sensation of my body lifting off the mattress.
FORBES: Go with the Floe
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At first I was startled.
FORBES: Mentoring and Movements: How Leaders Are Made
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Also, I am slightly startled by the idea that personalised (if unsigned) cards might actually be cheaper than store-bought.
FORBES: Touchnote - An App-Driven Postman For The Holiday Havoc
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For someone as startled as I was by this evidence of maturity, it's a miracle.
NPR: Health-Care Plan: A Massachusetts Miracle?
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One morning, I shuffled downstairs and was startled to see a snowplow clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk.
NPR: The Hardest Work You Will Ever Do
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After listening to the president's remarks, LaPierre fired back with a savage accusation: "I believe Clinton needs a certain level of violence in this country, " the NRA official told a visibly startled Cokie Roberts.
CNN: Clinton Versus The NRA: Ready, Aim, Fire