Camille Paglia Quotes
It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I don't like possessions.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.
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If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have.
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I don't see myself going back to blonde outside of work though. I really like the red.
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That boy of 17 who shot himself in my house really ended it for us. And although we occasionally saw each other for the sake of the children, it was the end of our personal relationship.
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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
