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“Scratch the surface and what do you get?" asked Way Bandy, the two-thousand-dollars-a-day make up artist who "designed" Nancy's face. "More surface.”
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
“The most important thing a man has to tell you is what he’s not telling you,” he repeatedly instructed his aides. “The most important thing he has to say is what he’s trying not to say.”
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
“As Kennedy sauntered in front of them, Williams turned to Vidal and gaped, “Look at that ass.” “You can’t cruise our next president,” Vidal replied with mock severity. “Don’t be ridiculous,” Williams replied. “The American people will never elect those two. They’re far too attractive.” Told by a pair of homosexuals that they had been ogling his posterior, most any heterosexual American male in 1958 would have reacted with repulsion, if not violence. But Kennedy was a man whose best friend had sexually propositioned him in high school and suffered nothing worse than a curt reproach. When Vidal later revealed his exchange with Williams to the future president, Kennedy, clearly flattered, replied, “That’s very exciting.”
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
― Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
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