Camille Paglia Quotes

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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A lot of times, women complain about men around them. It's not always someone else's fault. If you're the common denominator in 57 different relationships that didn't work out, then maybe, just maybe... it's you!
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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If I could kidnap Bryan Doyle-Murray and force him to be in my family, I would. I love him; I really do.
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The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
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This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs.
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I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.
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If you can't hear language, you won't be able to understand language and experience normal development. Every minute spent without hearing is a minute a child is not getting back.
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Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.
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You don't talk to terror organizations!
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Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.
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I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.
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There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
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The war has made us a nation of great power and intelligence. We have but little to do to preserve peace, happiness and prosperity at home, and the respect of other nations. Our experience ought to teach us the necessity of the first; our power secures the latter.
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What is my ruling faculty now to me? and of what nature am I now making it? and for what purpose am I now using it? is it void of understanding? is it loosed and rent asunder from social life? is it melted and mixed with the poor flesh so as to move together with it?
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How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!
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I know the dark delight of being strange,The penalty of difference in the crowd,The loneliness of wisdom among fools
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Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
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The most fun in breaking a rule is in knowing what rule you're breaking.
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I want to gather up all the words in the world and write them down on little pieces of paper—then throw them in the air. They would look like tiny sparrows flying toward the sun. Without all those words, the sky would be clear and perfect and blue. The deafening world would be beautiful in all that silence.
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Your life is a lot bigger than this moment. You need to remember that you can't let the trials you face right now derail your course forever.
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My mama just accepted everybody with open arms. Everybody knew her.
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The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.