Camille Paglia Quotes
What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization, an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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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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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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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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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
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The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a nice husband.
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The big secret in acting is listening to people.
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The struggle for the vote was an effort to bring men to feel less superior and women to feel less inferior.
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Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it.
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What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization, an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.
