Camille Paglia Quotes
Men, gay or straight, can get beauty and lewdness into one image. Women are forever softening, censoring, politicizing.
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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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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Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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With acting, I've always gotten by in life acting in situations. I'm a small person. I didn't have a chance to be a bully. But I could always act myself out of tough situations.
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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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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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to guaranteeing that our national secrets are protected and to preventing possible blackmailing of key administration officials.
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Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman.
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The one thing that never changes in America is that the white straight male is born with a promise. Women are not promised very much, and we embody our disappointment from the beginning.
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Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.
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Hitler was unapproachable and impenetrable even for those in his close company.
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Men, gay or straight, can get beauty and lewdness into one image. Women are forever softening, censoring, politicizing.
