Camille Paglia Quotes
One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them.
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Something I've learned from people like U2, the Stones and Lenny Kravitz is that the grind of live shows is so necessary [to build your career].
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I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.
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'Legend of the Drunken Master' was my favorite.
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One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.
